The pope says the cruelty of the fighting in the Iraqi city of Mosul "makes us cry, leaves us without words." Pope Francis told some 50,000 faithful gathered Sunday for the Angelus blessing that he was "pained by the murder in cold blood of numerous sons of this beloved land, among them many...

(The Daily Star)- The United States has warned its citizens of the potential risk of terror attack or attempted kidnapping of foreigners in Istanbul, which has been rocked by several bombings this year. The consulate in Istanbul said in a message late Saturday that extremist groups continued...

The battle for control of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo intensified on Sunday with air strikes, ground offensives and shelling, the morning after a resurgence in fighting ended a Russian ceasefire, a monitor and rebel groups said. There was fierce fighting between insurgents and Syrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Residents of al-Bunyan al-Marsos refugee camp in Idlib province have been suffering absence of water since a week as a charity who pays for water pumping has cut funding. The 450 displaced who mostly fled from al-Akrad and al-Turkman mountains due to Russia's aerial bombing...