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UN chief: Syrians face dire winter if aid from Turkey is cut

The U.N. chief warned in a new report that the already dire humanitarian situation in Syria is worsening and if aid deliveries from Turkey to the rebel-held northwest aren’t renewed next month millions of Syrians may not survive the winter. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in the...

US helicopter raid kills 2 Islamic State militants in Syria

American forces on Sunday killed two Islamic State militants in eastern Syria in a helicopter raid, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. IS sleeper calls continue to carry out deadly attacks in Syria and Iraq. For a few years, the group ruled swathes of both countries but lost its last...

Turkey's Erdogan calls on Putin to establish Syrian corridor

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a 30-kilometer (19-mile) security corridor on Turkey’s border with Syria in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Erdogan’s office said Sunday. Referring to Kurdish militants that Ankara considers terrorists, Erdogan...