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Thousands of women, men, children raped in Syria’s war - UN
In a gruesome report, UN investigators found that Islamic State militants had executed women and girls by stoning for alleged adultery, forced girls into...
For eastern Ghouta’s civilians, trapped in underground shelters but deprived of food and water, there is a constant dilemma - whether to seek supplies or stay inside.
Government forces are thrusting into the besieged rebel enclave from its eastern edge in an apparent bid to split it in two.
The United Nations called for an immediate ceasefire in the area on Monday, saying the situation was ‘spiralling out of control’.
Russia suggested on Wednesday it would publicly stand by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad despite outrage over a chemical weapons attack.
Fighting around Syria’s capital Damascus has cut 300,000 people off from humanitarian aid, says a UN humanitarian advisor on Syria.
Syria’s air force committed a war crime by cutting off water for 5.5 million people in and around the capital Damascus, the UN says.
The top UN human rights official called for tens of thousands of detainees to be released from Syria’s prisons.
Moscow and Damascus launched a campaign to recapture the rebel-held sector of Syria’s biggest city.
The ceasefire marks the biggest bet yet by Washington that it can work with Moscow to end the war.
Turkey sent tanks and troops into Syria on Wednesday to support its Syrian rebel allies.
Syrian state television showed scores of mostly women gathered in a government-controlled area of the city.
One of the US goals in Syria have been ending the violence that already has claimed some 400,000 lives.
It's understood the militants won back three villages south of the besieged city in a surprise assault.
A civil defence worker said 32 people were killed in rebel-held parts of the city during the strikes.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has confirmed 815 people have been killed.
Reports say fighting erupted on the Golan Heights on Monday between government forces and rebels.
The group's advance in Syria has accelerated since it seized control of Mosul in June.
The bombs were placed in two tunnels running under the city.