The Secretaries of Defense and State urged an end to the ongoing row between Qatar and four of its neighbors Tuesday, saying the Gulf crisis has not only hurt the countries directly involved but Washington as well. "This dispute has had direct negative consequences economically...

Turkey is drawing up contingency plans to cope with any movement of Syrian civilians toward the north of the country to flee Ankara's air and ground offensive against a Kurdish militia. The campaign unleashed Jan. 20 targets the US-backed People's Protection Units (YPG), considered a...

UN special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura on Tuesday welcomed a proposal on forming a constitutional committee after intra-Syrian talks. De Mistura's remarks came after a proposal to organize the committee by the parties at the two-day Syrian National Dialogue Congress in the...

One in four children in the world has been living in a country affected by conflict or a disaster, the UN warned on Tuesday. In a report on humanitarian action for children in 2018 , the UN Children's Fund revealed that nearly 50 million children have been displaced due to...