The UN Security Council Monday backed a push for Syrian peace talks as the death toll in government air strikes on a rebel-held town outside Damascus neared 100, sparking global outrage. It came just hours after UN officials expressed horror over Sunday's deadly raids on Douma, among the...

The Syrian military bombarded an area northeast of Damascus on Monday, keeping up its attack on a rebel-held district where around 100 people were killed on Sunday in an air strike on a market, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Sunday's air strike on Douma, 10 miles (15 km)...

At least 440 suspected militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been killed and 400 others have been injured in operations carried out by Turkish security forces between July 7 and August 17, figures compiled by Anadolu Agency have revealed. The figures were obtained from...

Syria's air strikes on Monday have killed 7 civilians, including 2 children, in rebel-held neighborhoods of northern city of Aleppo, Zaman al-Wasl local reporter said. The aerial campaign targeted neighborhoods of al-Ansari, Salahuddin, killing 7 people and leaving material losses. On...