Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a Russian-backed Syrian offensive are being squeezed into ever smaller areas near Turkey’s border "under horrendous conditions" in below-freezing temperatures that are killing babies and young children, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Wednesday....

The UN envoy to Syria said Wednesday that the country was on the brink of worsening violence after an exchange of threats between key players Turkey and Russia. Syrian aid workers have called for an urgent ceasefire and international help for nearly a million people fleeing the regime's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The self-governing Kurdish Democratic Union Party has deprived the displaced from Hama and Homs of bread in Raqqa province, holding the continued displacement responsible for the bread crisis. Nayef Saleh, who was displaced from the Al-Sukhna town east of Homs, says that...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that talks to set the European Union's budget for the coming seven years will be "very difficult" at an extraordinary summit beginning Thursday. "We think our concerns are not sufficiently addressed on many points, and I therefore see very...