Israeli forces killed at least 52 Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since Jan. 1, Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P) said Monday. In a statement released on the occasion of International Children’s Day (Nov. 20), the Geneva-based NGO’s Palestine...

Russia, Turkey and Iran will hold the next round of talks on Syria on Nov. 28-29 in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said Monday. Delegations from the Damascus government and the Syrian rebels are also set to attend, Abdrakhmanov told reporters....

Clashes on Sunday between Turkish-backed rebel factions vying for influence in the northern Syrian town of Afrin left 25 fighters dead, a war monitor said. Turkish troops and allied rebel groups seized the Afrin region from Kurdish forces in March after a two-month air and ground offensive....

The U.S.-led anti-militant coalition hit back Sunday at reports its airstrikes on a Daesh (ISIS) holdout in eastern Syria had killed civilians, appearing to blame their deaths on regime forces. More than seven years into the country's civil war, multiple offensives have whittled down...