Like most teenagers, 15-year-old Muhammad Najem spends a lot of time posting selfie videos on social media. Unlike most teenagers, Najem makes his videos in Syria as airstrikes rain bombs onto his street and kill his friends. "The children of Ghouta die every day by the bombing of the...

The UN Security Council is struggling to agree a resolution seeking a ceasefire in Syria and has put back a vote until Saturday.  The vote has already been delayed several times since Thursday.  Russia wanted changes to a draft that calls for a 30-day calm to allow for aid...

The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote Friday on a resolution demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria to deliver humanitarian aid to millions and evacuate the critically ill and wounded. The resolution would allow attacks directed at extremists from the Islamic State group and...

Russia is ready to vote for a U.N. Security Council draft resolution on a ceasefire in Syria, local news agencies cited Foreign Minister Lavrov as saying Friday. Lavrov also said, according to Interfax news agency, that the United States and its allies had refused to amend the...