The U.N. Security Council will discuss the alarming humanitarian situation in Syria and the recent displacement of tens of thousands of people fleeing a Russian-backed assault around Aleppo, New Zealand's U.N. envoy said on Tuesday. The closed-door consultations are scheduled...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The fate of 7350 detainees from the besieged al-Waer neighborhood in Homs is still unknown as the Syrian regime refuses to release them in binding to a U.N.-brokered deal reached last December. The neighborhood's negotiations committee said regime is trying escape their demand...

Damascus aims to secure Syria's border with Turkey and recapture the city of Aleppo with its latest military offensive, a top adviser to Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday. In an interview in her Damascus office, Bouthaina Shaaban held out little hope for diplomatic efforts to end...

 Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The rapid advances of Syrian regime forces and allied militias in northern Aleppo province have sparked fears of the United Nations and Turkey of an imminent siege and new exodus of refugees fleeing a Russian-backed assault. The U.N....