Two sites have been located, believed to hold thousands of bodies of Syrians killed in detention centers administered by Bashar al-Assad’s government during the civil war. BERLIN — By day, the workers used heavy machinery to dig pits and trenches. After dark, the corpses arrived,...

The bodies of the children all lie here, dumped into this narrow trench hastily dug into the frozen earth of Mariupol to the constant drumbeat of shelling. There’s 18-month-old Kirill, whose shrapnel wound to the head proved too much for his little toddler's body. There’s 16-year-old...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said a “business-like spirit” is emerging at talks with Ukraine that are now focused on a neutral status for the war-torn country. “A neutral status is being seriously discussed in connection with security guarantees,”...

Russia has enlisted more than 40,000 Syrian militiamen thus far in Syria, according to reports from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), which has been using a dense network of local sources on the ground for years. SOHR said Russian military representatives haven't yet...