Iraq's national carrier is to resume flights to the capital of neighbouring Syria for the first time since the war there erupted in 2011, a spokesman said Thursday. Iraqi Airways will operate a weekly service from Baghdad to Damascus starting Saturday, spokesman Layth al-Rubaie told AFP....

Russia on Thursday presented a draft resolution to the Security Council accusing the UN's chemical weapons watchdog, the OPCW, of politicization just weeks before a new probe begins of chemical attacks in Syria. The draft text, seen by AFP, states that the Council -- where Russia holds veto...

A Turkish aid agency delivered 39,000 packs of humanitarian aid to Syrians, an official said Thursday. “Within the scope of holy month of Ramadan, we sent 39,000 iftar [fast-breaking] packs to be delivered to various regions of Syria,” Hasan Huseyin Uysal, who heads the Humanitarian...

British doctors and humanitarians have launched a pioneering field manual to help medics in Syria and other warzones treat catastrophic injuries in children caused by explosive weapons. The life-saving handbook was compiled at the request of Syrian doctors who were struggling to treat...