The United Nations Security Council Wednesday called for a ceasefire to be implemented across Syria and expressed concern about the country's humanitarian situation, Netherlands U.N. Ambassador and council president for March Karel van Oosterom said. "The cessation of hostilities...

   (Zaman Al Wasl- AP)- Fresh air strikes on eastern Ghouta near Damascus brought the death toll for Wednesday's bombardment on the rebel-held enclave near Damascus to 45, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said at least 18 of the...

The Turkish and Iranian leaders on Wednesday discussed recent developments in Syria, especially the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta, according to Turkish presidential sources. In a phone conversation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani...

The White Helmets civil defense agency has called on the UN to take "necessary steps" to ease the dire humanitarian situation in Syria's besieged Eastern Ghouta district. In a Wednesday statement, the agency said that attacks by the Assad regime were ongoing despite the recent adoption...