NEAR THE POLISH-UKRAINIAN BORDER (AP) — American Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday after a secrecy-shrouded visit to Kyiv that Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy is committed to winning his country's fight against Russia and that the United...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. secretaries of state and defense met Sunday night with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the highest-level visit to the war-torn country’s capital by an American delegation since the start of Russia's invasion. The meeting with U.S. Secretary of...

The displaced Syrian families continue to leave the desert Rukban camp, located on the Syrian-Jordanian border, towards regime-controlled areas, without any guarantees that these families will not be exposed to the risks of arrest or enforced disappearance.   Maher al-Ali, head of the...

The Syrian Education Ministry acknowledged the spread of lice in schools in Damascus and its countryside, but denied that it was related to poor hygiene. The director of School Health in Damascus, Hatoon Al-Tawashi, claimed that the spread of lice in schools is not new and there are...