Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the number of Syrians leaving a rebel pocket in Syria's eastern Ghouta towards government lines on Thursday had climbed to at least 7,000. The people left Hammourieh, which government forces advanced into on Thursday, and other towns nearby, Rami...

 Turkey's MIT intelligence agency is working to take Nusra Front fighters from out of Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta, a spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday. Ibrahim Kalin also said Turkey did not want a militant organization in eastern Ghouta. He was...

The pro-Syrian regime television channel al-Mayadeen said Thursday that the Syrian regime army was close to taking the town of Hammouriya in the southern pocket of rebel-held eastern Ghouta. Al-Mayadeen showed crowds of civilians walking towards Syrian army positions in ...

 A new convoy carrying desperately needed food aid entered the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Syria's capital Thursday, the International Committee of the Red Cross told AFP. "The convoy entered Ghouta and is going to Douma now," ICRC's communication coordinator Pawel...