A repeat of the bloody Syrian battle that devastated Aleppo must be avoided at all costs, France's UN ambassador said Friday, as the Security Council met to discuss escalating fighting in northwest Syria. Syrian forces and their Russian allies have stepped up air strikes and shelling in the...

The U.N. food agency warned Friday of a worsening humanitarian situation in Syria's last rebel stronghold in the country's northwest as rebel groups battled government forces to regain territory they lost earlier this week. The latest wave of fighting, which began 10 days ago, is the most...

Syria received its first foreign oil supplies for six months last week, with the arrival of two shipments including one from Iran, a source familiar with Iranian oil shipments said, easing the war-torn country's fuel crisis. The oil was delivered in two tankers, one sent by Iran, the other...

Nearly half of the vulture population in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights have died of apparent poisoning, Israel's Nature and Parks Authority Friday, in a new blow to an already decimated breed. Eight out of around 20 griffon vultures left in the area were found dead on Friday, the...