(Zaman Al Wasl)- The death toll has risen to 35, including 20 children, for Russian air strikes at a school in Syria's Aleppo province on Monday, monitor and activists said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the strike in the town of Anjara also injured at least 20 people, all...

Aid convoys have entered for besieged Syrian town of Madaya where thousands are trapped and people are reported to have died of starvation, Reuters said. Trucks headed for Madaya, near the Lebanese border, and two villages in the northwest of the country on Monday, the Red Cross said,...

Pope Francis on Monday urged European governments to keep welcoming migrants while acknowledging security and other concerns over the recent mass influx of people mainly from the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Addressing ambassadors to the Holy See in the aftermath of the New Year's Eve...

(The Daily Beast)- Lebanese Hezbollah field commanders with troops fighting in Syria tell The Daily Beast they are receiving heavy weapons directly from Russia with no strings attached. The commanders say there is a relationship of complete coordination between the Assad regime in Damascus,...