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Calm returns after two-day flare-up in and around Gaza

Calm returned Tuesday after a two-day flare-up in and around Gaza as a truce between Israel and Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad appeared to take hold after initial jitters. The Israeli military reported no rocket fire from the territory during the morning and AFP correspondents in...

Fleeing the bombs, Syrians set up camp underground

In a field dotted with olive trees in embattled northwestern Syria, Shamseddeen Darra steps down into the gloomy underground shelter he and his family now call home. After fleeing a deadly offensive by government forces on their home region of Idlib, they found nowhere else to go....

U.N. in talks with Turkey to boost Syria aid amid offensive

The United Nations is in talks with Turkey to boost cross-border aid flows into northwest Syria and allow more evacuations of those in urgent need of medical help, such as babies in incubators, as shelling draws closer. More than three million people are trapped in northwest Syria between...