Moscow Thursday said fighters in Syria's rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta had rejected Russia's offer to evacuate peacefully and were using civilians there as human shields. The U.S., rights groups and pro-government Syrian press have said Russia is taking part in air strikes that...

A four-year-old girl was killed in an airstrike that targeted an orphanage in Syria’s besieged Eastern Ghouta district, a suburb of Damascus, Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) said Thursday. The orphanage, established in early 2017, is jointly run by the IHH and the...

The death toll for five days of bombardment by the Syrian regime and its allies on the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta passed the 400 mark Thursday, a monitor said. "Five days of air strikes and intense artillery fire by the regime and its Russian ally have killed 403 civilians,...

 The United States military says it has carried out an airstrike against al-Shabab extremists in Somalia, killing three "terrorists." The U.S. Africa Command statement says the airstrike occurred Monday near Jilib town in Middle Juba region. "We assess no civilians were killed in...