GENEVA, March 12 (UNHCR)  –  As the Syrian conflict enters its fifth year, the UN refugee agency warned on Thursday that millions of refugees in neighbouring countries and those displaced within the country are caught in deteriorating conditions, facing an even bleaker future...

As Syria's civil war enters its fifth year, 14 million children are suffering from the escalating violence sweeping  Syria  and much of Iraq, according to the UN's children's agency.   "I miss Aleppo so much, but what I miss most is the food in Aleppo," Hanaa...

(Reuters) - The Red Cross has only sporadic access to areas of  Iraq  and Syria held by Islamic State, despite huge needs of 10 million people living under their control, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday. Peter Maurer, in...

(Reuters) - Iraqi security forces and militias fought their way into Saddam Hussein's home city of Tikrit on Wednesday, advancing from the north and south in their biggest counter-offensive so far against Islamic State militants. In a possible response to the fighting north of...