Nearly 150 civilians, most disabled or in need of medical care, were evacuated overnight from a hospital in Aleppo's Old City, the first major evacuation from the eastern sector, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday. "These patients and civilians had been trapped in...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 61 civilians killed on Wednesday in eastern Aleppo as regime backed by Russia and Shiite militias pressed rapid advances and massive exodus from the battleground neighborhoods, Civil Defense said. The tragic death toll come amid call by the rebels of besieged...

A U.N. rights watchdog called on Sri Lanka on Wednesday to investigate "routine torture" of detainees by security forces and rebuked its government for failing to prosecute war crimes committed during the country's 26-year civil war. The Sri Lankan military finally vanquished the separatist...

More Syrians have fled eastern Aleppo, with reports of about 800 arriving in the past 24 hours at a disused cotton factory in the Jibreen district of west Aleppo and 1,260 in Hanano district, retaken by government forces, a U.N. official said on Wednesday. Bus loads of civilians continue to...