GENEVA (Reuters)- At the request of Britain, the United Nations Human Rights Council is expected to hold an "urgent debate" Friday on the deteriorating situation in Syria's enclave of eastern Ghouta, a spokesman said Thursday. The bureau of the 47-member state Geneva forum agreed to the...

Syrian government forces launched a ground assault on the edge of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta enclave Wednesday, seeking to gain territory despite a Russian plan for five-hour daily ceasefires, a war monitor and sources on both sides said. Hundreds of people have died in 11 days of...

Iran has built another permanent military base outside Syria’s capital city complete with hangers used to store missiles capable of hitting all of Israel, according to Western intelligence sources.  Exclusive satellite images from ImageSat International obtained by Fox News show...

North Korea sent items used in ballistic missile and chemical weapons programs to Syria along with missile technicians in violation of U.N. sanctions - and banned ballistic missiles systems to Myanmar, U.N. experts said. The panel of experts monitoring sanctions against North Korea said...