More than 1,000 people left the rebel enclave of Aleppo on Monday, raising hope for many others still stranded, as Russia eased its objections to sending UN observers to oversee the evacuations. A convoy of around 20 buses crossed the front line in the early morning headed for...

The United Nations Security Council has reached an agreement on a compromise resolution to send independent officials to monitor the evacuation of civilians from Aleppo. After more than three hours of private discussions, the Security Council said it would vote on the plans to send...

Lebanon's President, Michel Aoun, and Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri have formed a new government of 30 ministers drawn from most sides of the country's political spectrum and from all of its religious sects, the cabinet office said on Sunday. "Today a new government was formed," said Hariri,...

   Several buses en route to evacuate ill and injured people from the besieged Syrian villages of al-Foua and Kefraya were attacked and burned on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syrian state television said. Some buses, as well as Red Crescent vehicles, reached...