The  United Nations   Human Rights Council  has adopted a new resolution calling on Syria  to allow a Commission of Inquiry to continue its work documenting violations and abuses of Human Rights committed by all parties in the country's conflict. The resolution...

Dozens of people, mostly children were hospitalized following an alleged chlorine bomb attack by Bashar al-Assad’s army on opposition-held Idlib in northwestern Syria, medical sources said Tuesday. "The casualties are unfortunately mostly women and children. Luckily, there have...

 Islamic State has published a video purporting to show the beheading of three Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq by militants who threatened to kill "dozens" more of those being held captive. The six-minute clip, which appeared timed to coincide with celebrations...

The United Nations said on Thursday Islamic State forces may have committed genocide in trying to wipe out the Yazidi minority in Iraq as well as war crimes against civilians including children. In a report based on interviews with more than 100 alleged victims and witnesses, the...