Fresh air strikes hit the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Friday, AFP correspondents reported, the fifth straight day of a bombing campaign that has killed more than 220 civilians. Syrian warplanes have battered the enclave's towns since Monday, trapping thousands of families in...

Citing recent reports of the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons, the United States Thursday said it backs a call from the United Nations to put violence in Syria on pause for a month in order to deliver humanitarian aid and facilitate the evacuation of 700 civilians. "We are...

A suicide bombing killed one person in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi Thursday, the first such attack since government forces retook it from militants, police and medics said. "A man driving a motorcycle blew himself up outside a police checkpoint," in Ramadi, a police captain said....

Fuel for emergency generators that keep Gaza’s hospitals and sanitation services operating will run out within 10 days, the United Nations said Tuesday in an appeal for immediate donor support. The shortage stems from a dispute between Gaza’s dominant Hamas and the West...