Five United Nations organisations yesterday called on the Security Council to extend a cross-border aid mechanism to Syria. The demands were made in a joint statement by Martin Griffiths, UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Catherine Russell, the executive director of...

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Thursday that a United Nations plane has been grounded at the Damascus International Airport after an Israeli strike on the facility. Speaking at a conference for the return of migrants, Mekdad said the U.N. plane "is sitting there" waiting for...

The U.S.-led coalition said it had detained a senior Islamic State group leader in Syria during an early-morning operation on Thursday. The coalition conducts raids and strikes targeting members of the jihadist group, which has been waging insurgent attacks since its defeat on the...

The foreign ministers of Ireland, Norway and Turkey say aid deliveries from Turkey to rebel-held northwest Syria must continue, warning Wednesday of a humanitarian crisis if the only remaining border gate is closed. Russia’s deputy U.N. ambassador has told the U.N. Security Council that...