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Another gory chapter of Syrian conflict plays out in just a fortnight – around 400 massacred including 200 children, thousands maimed and injured, hospitals eliminated, reports of barrel bombs and all sorts of ammunition on civilian...

Secretary of State John Kerry warned his Russian counterpart on Wednesday that th US would suspend bilateral engagement in Syria unless Moscow works to end the assault on besieged city of Aleppo and restores ceasefire. The development...

Russia and Bashar al Assad regime are killing civilians and Syrian children indiscriminately in Aleppo, media repots and UN officials. “The children of Aleppo are trapped in a living nightmare,” said UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Justin...

Amid killings of more civilians including children in raging battles in and around war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called ti a “dark day” for the global commitment to protect civilians. He...

Confronted with shrinking choices and several roadblocks in the way of enforcing a ceasefire in Syria , America’s top diplomat John Kerry has called for an immediate end to airplane flights over besieged areas where people...

President Barack Obama renewed U.S commitment to take in more refugees as the Middle East and Europe continue to grapple with the epic movement of people. Speaking at a UN meeting on refugees, he underlined that...

Bashar al Assad’s forces dropped barrel bombs and targeted Aleoppo with airstrikes, virtually dissolving the truce Washington and Moscow had reached in the hope of stemming bloodshed in the Arab country. Reports said two people were...

Nearly half a million dead. Cities emptied. Millions pushed out as refugees. Five years of death and destruction rained on the country. Aleppo buckles under siege. Captive people gasping for signs of life. A deal, though...

Despite international outcry, cluster munitions continued to be used in Syrian and Yemeni conflicts, a Cluster Munition Monitor report said Thursday. “Cluster munition attacks in Syria have increased since Russia began its joint military operation with...

The United Nations humanitarian chief has appealed to the United States and Russia to rapidly reach agreement on the security guarantees and operational modalities for a ceasefire in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo so aid...