The U.N. Security Council will likely vote on a draft resolution to boost humanitarian aid access in war-torn  Syria  on Friday, diplomats said, but it was unclear if  Russia  and  China would support or veto the Western- and Arab-backed text....

Fresh fighting broke out in central Kiev on Thursday, shattering a truce declared by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, as the Russian-backed leader met European ministers demanding he compromise with pro-EU opponents. A Reuters photographer saw the bodies of 21 dead civilians...

 Bashar al-Assad forces backed by Iran proxy Hezbollah militia kept up their shelling of the town of Yabroud and the surrounding Qalamoun region over the last ten days. Zaman Alwasl reporter said 18 regular army soldiers have been killed due to fierce clashes with...

General Salim Idriss has rejected his dismissal as military chief of the rebel Free Syrian Army, saying the whole chain of command needed a "total restructuring" - highlighting deep divisions in the opposition. Speaking in a video statement on Wednesday, flanked by several...