A five-hour humanitarian pause called by Russia came into effect in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday. The bombardment of Eastern Ghouta over the past week has been one of the heaviest of Syria’s seven-year war, killing at least 540 people in Eight days, according to a...

The Pentagon on Tuesday said it would support the UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution for a 30-day humanitarian cease-fire in Syria but continue operations against the Daesh terror group. "[The Department of Defense] is going to support Department of States’ efforts to facilitate...

In the Syrian city of Homs' landmark Clock Square, where some of the first anti-government protests erupted in 2011, stands a giant poster of a smiling President Bashar Assad waving his right arm, with a caption that reads: "Together we will rebuild." Four years after the military brought...

Syrian forces launched a ground offensive Monday on a rebel-held eastern Damascus suburb despite a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria, as the U.N. chief denounced the violence in the embattled region, describing it as "hell on Earth." The...