The inhabitants of besieged rebel-held eastern Aleppo have fewer than ten days to receive aid or face starvation and death from a lack of medical supplies, the head of the Syria Civil Defence, or "White Helmets", said on Thursday. The volunteer group which works in opposition-held territory...

A hundred migrants were feared drowned Thursday after yet another migrant shipwreck off the Libyan coast, raising the number of those missing feared drowned this week to 340. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said around 100 people were believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean Wednesday,...

(The Guardian)- Jet fighters and helicopters bombing east Aleppo hit a children’s hospital and a blood bank on Wednesday, as medics and patients sheltered in the basement waiting for the hours-long assault to end. An ambulance driver and at least two children were among at least 20...

(The Guardian)- Dr Zaher Sahloul has worked in Aleppo and seen the horrific affect of airstrikes. He says incidents like that which left Omran Daqneesh stunned and bloodied are all too common in a city under siege The pictures of the injured five-year old Omran Daqneesh have shocked the...