In the devastated Syrian city of Aleppo, children are outside playing and many people are going to the shops safely for the first time in months thanks to a partial halt to the war that is providing relief even if most doubt that peace will take hold. "Look at the markets. Where...

A woman suspected of beheading a child in her care before brandishing the severed head outside a Moscow metro station has said she acted to avenge Muslims killed in the Kremlin's campaign of air strikes in Syria. In video footage posted online on Thursday and circulated by...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- “Cessation of Hostilities” agreement as part of a Russian- U.S. plan has been put in place last Saturday excluding areas controlled by the Islamic State and Nusra Front - an al Qaeda affiliate. People in areas under the Islamic State’s control...

Aid workers on Monday made the first delivery of desperately needed assistance since the start of Syria's fragile ceasefire, as an international task force met to try to bolster the truce. The task force co-chaired by Moscow and Washington held talks in Geneva to evaluate...