A group of UN experts expressed concern Monday over Israel’s ongoing attacks in the occupied West Bank, warning that the intensified campaign marks a "dangerous escalation" against Palestinians. In a statement, they urged the international community to take action to protect the human rights...

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria confirmed that illegal practices such as arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearance were used "systematically to suppress dissent" during the rule of the deposed Bashar al-Assad. The Anadolu Agency reported that this...

European Union foreign ministers have agreed on a roadmap to ease sanctions on Syria, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday. “While we aim to move fast, the lifting of sanctions can be reversed if wrong steps are taken,” Kallas said. The EU has a range of...

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she expected the bloc to agree Monday to begin easing sanctions on Syria after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. “It is a step for step approach,” Kallas said at the start of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels to discuss the move....