Murdered children are no longer news. International media coverage of the war in Afghanistan, where child deaths reached an all-time high last year, is sporadic at best. In Yemen it is estimated that at least 85,000 under-fives have died of starvation since 2015, a figure that numbs the mind....

Regime attacks on rebel-held areas in northwest Syria will "nullify" a ceasefire deal announced by Damascus, militants warned Friday, in their first official response to the truce. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a militant group led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate, said "any bombardment...

Mohammed Haji Abed drives his yellow taxi through the busy streets of the Syrian capital for about 12 hours a day, toiling in the sweltering summer heat but earning barely enough for his family of five to get by. It was easier for him to make ends meet at the height of his country's civil...

Syrian regime soldiers have gained some ground in the country's last rebel bastion during a Russian-backed offensive that aid agencies warn is growing bloodier. The wave of violence in northwest Syria since late April has killed more than 400 civilians and forced more than 440,000 to flee...