A U.N. humanitarian aid adviser for Syria says trucks are being prepared to ship polio vaccine into ISIS-held areas of Deir al-Zor governorate following confirmation of a "very dangerous" outbreak of the virus. Jan Egeland made the comments to reporters Thursday in the wake of the...

Syria has given the United Nations permission to get aid to the Kurdish-dominated city of Qamishli by truck, the organization said on Wednesday, relieving the strain on a base supporting thousands displaced by the war with ISIS. Although Qamishli lies on the Turkish border, the crossing is...

Hamas this week marks 10 years since taking power in Gaza with the Palestinian enclave at risk of conflict and facing electricity blackouts, poverty and Israel’s blockade, analysts and officials say. The situation is likely to be further complicated by the Saudi-led diplomatic row with Qatar,...

LafargeHolcim, the Swiss-French cement company, faces a French judicial inquiry into allegations it helped finance terrorism in Syria, a scandal that has already led to the exit of its chief executive. The prosecutors’ office in Paris confirmed on Tuesday that three judges would start...