The United Nations said Thursday it hoped aid convoys could head into Syria's besieged rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta within days, after the Damascus government appeared to have finally provided authorization. "We may now be able to go to eastern Ghouta in the next few days," Jan...

Syrian militant rebels took back some ground Thursday from rival insurgent groups near Syria's border with Turkey after losing control of several towns to them in recent days, rebels and residents said. The rebel-held area in northwestern Syria is their biggest remaining stronghold, and...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 civilians killed in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs as regime forces stepped up aerial and ground bombardments, local activists and rescuing group said Thursday. The civilian death toll in Eastern Ghouta near the capital since the Syrian regime...

Mobile phones are helping transform how relief agencies respond to humanitarian crises by enabling them to pin point where aid is needed most after hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters. At the same time, mobile apps that need just a few taps of the finger to make a donation are...