QAMISHLY, Syria, December 30 (UNHCR)-  Emergency winter aid airlifted to north-east Syria by the UN refugee agency in the past two weeks is being distributed to more than 50,000 vulnerable people in isolated areas. The UNHCR airlift from Erbil, Turkey, of some 300...

In front of me now, as I am writing this piece, are the names of fifteen person who died due to starvation exacerbated by dehydration. Regime forces have, on top of the food blockade, also cut off all water supplies to Yarmouk. The starved were all inhabitants of...

A bomb blast ripped a trolleybus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing at least 10 people in the second deadly attack in the southern city in two days and raising fears of further violence as Russia prepares to host the Winter Olympics. The morning rush-hour bombing, which left mangled...

Syria is committed to its main regional ally Iran attending a planned peace conference next month to which it has yet to be invited, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said Sunday. "Syria is committed to Iran joining the peace conference and it is illogical to exclude it," the official...