(The Daily Star)- Syrian rebels backed by Turkey who are trying to drive ISIS from the city of al Bab said on Monday they clashed with U.S.-backed Kurdish forces as both groups seek to dislodge the militants to expand their own territory. The rebels said the fighting with the Syria...

Nearly one million people are living under siege in Syria, the UN aid chief said Monday, announcing revised figures. The new figure of 974,080 people marks a dramatic increase from 486,700 Syrians living in besieged areas just six months ago, Stephen O'Brien told the Security Council....

Turkey called on the United States and other nations Monday to rethink its proposal for a no-fly zone in northern Syria as the U.N. expressed deep concerns over the bombing of hospitals in rebel-held parts of Aleppo. Government forces pounded besieged rebel-held neighborhoods of the northern...

The United Nations warned Sunday that time was "running out" for efforts to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Syria's war-battered Aleppo, as fresh fighting there killed at least eight schoolchildren. US President Barack Obama urged greater efforts to end the violence when he met Russian...