04/06/2016

Syria conflict: UN 'to seek permission' to air drop humanitarian aidThe United Nations will ask Syria to allow the air drop of humanitarian aid to areas under siege, diplomats say. The US, UK and France have been calling for air…

The United Nations wants to airdrop aid to some of the nearly 600,000 civilians trapped by Syria’s civil war. The only catch: President Bashar al-Assad’s government, which has long blocked aid convoys, has to…

Government air strikes leave more than 30 civilians dead, including 10 when their bus was hit, rescue workers say. Men inspect damage after a June 2 raid on Aleppo's rebel-held al-Hallak neighbourhood Syrian…

Regime air strikes killed dozens of civilians in and around the Syrian city of Aleppo Friday, as the UN Security Council prepared to discuss emergency aid drops to besieged areas in the war-torn country. The raids were the most intense…

Syria's regime killed dozens of civilians with air strikes in and around Aleppo city on Friday, even as it agreed to allow access for ground convoys to deliver aid to 12 besieged areas. The raids on Aleppo were the most intense in…

U.S.-backed fighters pushed ahead in their offensive in northern Syria on Friday, getting closer to a stronghold of the Islamic State group, opposition activists said. The predominantly Kurdish Syria Democratic Forces took at least four…

The Syrian army backed by Russian air strikes has opened a major new front against Islamic State, the third big assault on the self-proclaimed caliphate this week after Iraqi forces attempted to storm a city and a Syrian militia…

Syrian Islamist insurgents attacked government forces and their allies in the country's northwest on Friday where the same factions recently waged a fierce assault that inflicted heavy losses, monitors said. The insurgents, including…