The United Nations envoy for Syria will hold separate talks in Geneva on Monday with representatives of President Bashar al-Assad's regime and the main opposition, sparking hope troubled peace talks could finally get moving. The office of Staffan de Mistura said in a statement that the UN...

A Saudi-backed Syrian opposition delegation met the U.N.'s special envoy Staffan de Mistura for the first time on Sunday demanding efforts to improve humanitarian conditions on the ground or they would shun political negotiations. "We only came to Geneva after receiving assurances and...

At least 16 more people have died of starvation in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya since an aid convoy entered earlier this month, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Several dozen more residents of the town are in “danger of death” because of severe malnutrition, the...

The Syrian town of Mouadamiya is newly under siege by Syrian government forces, the United Nations said on Sunday, adding 45,000 to the number of people it says are cut off from humanitarian aid and medical help in Syria. The development comes as President Bashar al-Assad's...