Syrian forces pursued a relentless air and ground offensive against Eastern Ghouta Thursday, moving closer to retaking the rebel enclave but also depriving desperate civilians of vital aid.  More than 900 civilians have been killed in the nearly three-week assault on the last...

WASHINGTON (AP)- Citing mysterious "health attacks" in Havana, the United States said Friday it was making permanent its withdrawal of 60 percent of its diplomats from Cuba as investigations continue. Last October, the State Department ordered non-essential embassy personnel and the...

Syrian Kurdish news outlets and Syria's state-run news agency say six civilians have suffered breathing difficulties after what they say was a poison gas attack launched by Turkey on the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin. The news outlets quote local doctors in Afrin as saying the...

RAQA (AFP) -  Mohammed Kuraji returned to Syria's Raqa to prepare a homecoming but ended up organising a funeral. Stepping into his home, an unexploded mine detonated and killed his elderly father. "It was terrifying. The blast was so strong that I couldn't hear," said the...