The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday decided to send a group of experts to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help investigate an explosion of deadly violence in the Kasai region. A council resolution called on the U.N. rights office to dispatch a team of international experts to help...

U.S.-led coalition air strikes on two Syrian provinces targeting militants have killed 472 civilians over the past month, a monitor said Friday, more than double a previous 30-day toll. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the period between May 23 and June 23 saw the highest...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)-  Syrian regime warplanes killed five people in strikes hit a marketplace in Eastern Ghouta suburbs near Damascus as people pouring to buy basic needs before the Eid al-Fitr, a religious holiday marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, local activists said Friday....

Turkey's defense minister warned on Friday that Ankara would retaliate against any threatening moves by the Kurdish YPG militia in Syria and welcomed a U.S. pledge to take back weapons from the group after the defeat of Islamic State. Washington sees the YPG as an essential ally in the...