(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three civilians have been killed and 16 more wounded in regime air strikes on the besieged northern countryside of Homs city, local reporter said Saturday. The regime fighter jets conducted 8 raids on the towns of Talbiseh, al-Ghanto, Um Sharshouh and al-Farhaniya. The...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that some actions in Syria come "very close to war crimes." Merkel said Saturday that the bombing of hospitals and underground facilities in Aleppo is "inhuman." She said: "I think we are very close to war crimes. Whether there are war crimes, the...

At least 11 people were killed in a suicide bombing that targeted Shias in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Saturday, according to a local police officer.  A bomber blew up his explosive vest inside a mourning tent in Baghdad’s northern al-Shaab district, Zahir al-Aaraji told Anadolu...

(Bloomberg)- Even a war as pitiless as Syria’s can have a low point. The battle for Aleppo has produced carnage, civilian suffering and, according to some, war crimes on a scale rarely surpassed in the five-year conflict. Backed by Russian airstrikes and militias supported by Iran, forces...