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Syria air force bombed convoy, U.N. says in Aleppo probe

Syrian government aircraft deliberately bombed and strafed a humanitarian convoy, killing 14 aid workers and halting relief operations, U.N. investigators said on Wednesday in a report identifying war crimes committed by both sides in Syria's war. Syrian and Russian forces conducted...

Syria regime, rebels committed war crimes in Aleppo

All Syrian sides that fought in the battle for Aleppo committed war crimes and the deal to evacuate civilians following the rebel defeat was a "crime of forced displacement', a U.N. probe said Wednesday. The United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) for Syria documented violations including...

Syrian regime to enter ISIS-held Palmyra "very soon"

Russian-backed Syrian government forces will enter the ISIS-held city of Palmyra "very soon", a Syrian military source said Wednesday, as government forces seek to win back the city from the group for the second time in a year. The army said Wednesday it had captured an area known as the...

Scores of ISIS militants killed amid Mosul operation

Scores of Daesh militants were killed in western Mosul on Tuesday as part of a major offensive to drive the terrorist group from the northern city, according to an Iraqi military commander.  General Abdul Amir Yarullah, commander of the Mosul operation, said Iraqi forces killed 52...