(middle east eye)- The United Nations hopes to carry out the first medical evacuations from Aleppo on Friday, if the "humanitarian pause" in the Syrian army's Russian-backed assault on the city holds. Russia announced the ceasefire earlier this week as a "goodwill gesture," amid growing...

Churches across the world are joining a Helsinki parish in ringing their bells daily to commemorate civilians killed in the battle for the Syrian city of Aleppo. The bell tolls started on Oct. 12 at the Lutheran parish of Kallio in Helsinki, following the intensified Russian and Syrian...

There is little doubt that walking many streets in Syria is a life-threatening experience. Syrian people experience bombing raids on a regular basis as news outlets provide the rest of the world with horrific images of war and suffering. The death toll is continuously rising and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 civilians from one family were killed when regime fighter jets rocked the town of Maershourin in northern Idlib province late on Thursday while 11 more were killed  throughout the rebel-held countryside, medics said. Just two children left from a family of nine...