BEIRUT: Water to Syria's Afrin town has been cut for a week, the United Nations said Wednesday, after Turkish troops seized the main dam and water plant in the region. Ankara launched an offensive nearly two months ago against the town, to drive out Syrian Kurdish forces that control...

Local authorities outside Damascus say regime forces have cut off their town from a surrounding rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, isolating 20,000 residents with no access to aid. A member of the local council of Harasta said Wednesday that residents have been in underground shelters for long...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have intensified ground and aerial bombing overnight on Douma and Harasta, the key towns of Eastern Ghouta suburbs, as rebels still show fierce resistance despite the deadliest offensive, local reporter said Wednesday. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said...

The EU's foreign policy chief on Tuesday called on the Bashar al-Assad regime to stop attacks on Syria’s Eastern Ghouta enclave completely. Speaking at the European Parliament’s General Assembly meeting, Federica Mogherini pointed out that a proposal by Russia for a five-hour daily...