Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday "there are reasons to hope" for progress toward ending the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict after years of inaction. He said the United Nations will explore all initiatives to facilitate "a true peace process" based on the two-state...

Meanwhile, the SDF has besieged al-Tayy and Halko neighborhoods in Qamishli in the countryside of Hasakah. The siege extended to the regime’s positions in Tal Tamr in the countryside of Hasakah and the neighborhoods in central Hasakah city, including the Security Quarter where the official...

 A Washington-based Syrian rights group filed a case with the International Criminal Court on Thursday, calling for an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity by Greece for its mistreatment of refugees. The Syria Justice and Accountability Center said witness testimony and...

Answering growing frustration over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. is ramping up deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall. Biden,...