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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...

Russia strikes kill 5 civilians in Syria regime advance

 Five civilians died Monday in Russian air strikes backing Syrian regime forces as they chip away at the country's last major rebel bastion, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deadly raids hit the area of Jabal al-Zawiya in the south of the...

Magnitude 4.8 quake strikes western Turkey

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattled Manisa province in western Turkey early Monday, according to the country’s top disaster management body. The quake occurred at 05.43 local time (0243GMT), said the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).  It struck at a depth of 7...