Russian and Syrian regime forces have deliberately struck hospitals and medical facilities in Aleppo as they advance on the north Syrian town, according to Amnesty International. The human rights body said it had gathered evidence of at least six deliberate attacks on hospitals and clinics in...

In the devastated Syrian city of Aleppo, children are outside playing and many people are going to the shops safely for the first time in months thanks to a partial halt to the war that is providing relief even if most doubt that peace will take hold. "Look at the markets. Where...

 German police Thursday arrested a doctor suspected of having recruited a man of limited mental capacity to fight for ISIS in Iraq. Investigators accused the 33-year-old German doctor of brainwashing the 24-year-old man with extremist videos and later paying for his one-way ticket to...

France and Britain called on the Syrian government and its Russian ally to immediately end attacks on Western-backed rebels, saying all sides had to fully implement a cessation of hostilities deal and allow unfettered access to besieged areas. "We ask all sides that are committing human rights...