Unexploded landmines left by Daesh (ISIS) fighters cover every inch of their former Syrian capital of Raqqa, a U.N. official said Tuesday, advising civilians against returning to their homes there. About 60,000 Syrians have returned to the ruins of Raqqa since Daesh left, Panos...

The death toll from Syrian regime air strikes on the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus Tuesday  has risen to 104, local monitoring group and local activists said. Strikes on several locations in the besieged area east of the capital also wounded more than 100...

The Russian defense ministry has criticized an independent news website for publishing the average salaries of military officers after a Russian pilot's plane was downed over Syria. Saint Petersburg's respected news website Fontanka revealed late Monday that with basic information...

The United Nations called Tuesday for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Syria of at least one month as heavy air strikes were reported to have killed at least 30 people in rebel-held areas near Damascus and in the northwest. Separately, U.N. war crimes experts said in Geneva that...