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30,000 flee east Aleppo, Russia wants humanitarian corridors

About 30,000 people are receiving aid after fleeing the besieged eastern zone of the Syrian city of Aleppo in the past few days, taking the total number of displaced people in the city to 400,000, U.N. special envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday. The U.N. has food for 150,000 people...

Refugees rehoused in Greece as temperatures drop

Thousands of refugees and migrants will be relocated indoors from tent camps in Greece as temperatures fell below zero for the first time, the UN refugee agency said Thursday. The operation began Wednesday in the snow-covered foothills of Olympus, Greece's tallest mountain, to move around...

365 ISIS terrorists arrested in Turkey last month

Turkey arrested 365 suspected Daesh terrorists last month, the Interior Ministry said Thursday. The arrests -- which have led to 131 suspects being remanded in custody to face trial -- took place in 12 provinces across the country, including Ankara and Istanbul, in November, the ministry...

Aleppo rebels hope to reverse fortunes with new alliance

Rebels in Aleppo have agreed to form a new military alliance to better organize the defense of parts of the city they control from a ferocious assault by the government and its allies, officials in two of the insurgent groups said on Thursday. The Syrian government assault backed by allied...