As peace talks are set to get under way in Geneva next week, residents in Syria from nurses to street vendors voice little optimism over the United Nations-backed negotiations’ chance of success. The Geneva talks will coincide with the fifth anniversary of a conflict that began...

(Al Jazeera)- Dozens of residents in a besieged town outside the Syrian capital have staged a demonstration urging the United Nations to allow humanitarian aid into the area. The protesters, mostly women and children, took to the streets on Wednesday in rebel-held Darayya, which has been...

(The Guardian- Kareem Shaheen)- Sick children dying as lifesaving medicine waits at checkpoints, youngsters forced to survive on animal feed and leaves, and families burning their mattresses just to find something to keep them warm. Schools moving underground for shelter from barrel...

At least 250,000 Syrian children are living under siege, with many forced to eat animal feed or leaves to survive, Save the Children said Wednesday, as the war's fifth anniversary looms. "They and their families are cut off from the outside world, surrounded by warring groups that illegally use...