The  United Nations  Security Council said on Monday it would look at how to help some 18,000 Palestinian refugees and Syrian civilians in a camp largely taken over by Islamic State as a top U.N. official suggested it consider measures to evacuate people. Pierre Krahenbuhl,...

Russia  hosted talks involving the Syrian government and some opposition figures on Monday, but the main opposition group stayed away and little progress was expected towards ending the Middle East country's conflict. Delegates said they expected the four-day meeting to focus on...

Conflicting reports over who is the responsible for the partial damage of a historic church in Hasakah province northeast Syria as activists accuse Syrian regime and the latter says Islamic State's terrorists who have carried out the explosion on Sunday. State-run news agency (SANA)...

At least 104 people have been killed in the Syrian city of Idlib nine days after it was liberated from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad by opposition fighters. More than 100 civilians were killed after regime jets carried out heavy airstrikes on Monday which also left...