The chairman of a U.N. humanitarian taskforce on Syria said on Thursday he was disappointed by a slowdown in aid access, largely because of blockages by government-backed forces, but he hoped there would be a major evacuation from four towns. Jan Egeland said the evacuation was...

France blamed Syria's government on Thursday for a breakdown in a truce and preventing an improvement in the humanitarian situation, the foreign ministry's spokesman said. "It (France) condemns the violations of the cessation of hostilities for which the regime is responsible...

U.S. officials are discussing with the Turkish military and government how the moderate Syrian opposition can push Islamic State farther east in Syria, Washington's ambassador to Ankara said on Thursday. "We have had some progress in recent weeks as these groups pushed further...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Iraqi forces to allow aid to enter the Islamic State-held city of Falluja where it said tens of thousands of residents face acute shortages of food and medicine. The Iraqi army, police and Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias - backed by...