Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, ...

Communities in Syria have been fighting but whom Syrians hold responsible for the violence often depends on politics or ...

U.S. funding for the body provides leverage for reform but no less important will be sustained pressure from the leaders of ...

Topics included: compliance with the 1974 cease-fire agreement, violence in southern Syria, smuggling and refugees In a move described as surprising and unprecedented in recent years, Damascus ...

A United Nations commission investigating deadly March violence in Syria’s Alawite-majority coastal areas said the attacks, ...

DUBAI (Reuters) -Syria faces a potential food crisis after the worst drought in 36 years slashed wheat production by around ...

UNITED NATIONS -- Sweden and Kuwait called for a vote Thursday on a U.N. resolution ordering a 30-day cease-fire throughout Syria to enable delivery of humanitarian aid to millions of people in ...

That the Syrian people, as well as the United Nations, are openly being held hostage by a murderous regime – and its allies on the Security Council and other platforms of diplomatic relations ...

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council began negotiations Monday on a draft resolution seeking an immediate truce in Aleppo and calling for an end to all military flights over the Syrian city ...

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Syria said Monday that international diplomacy is crucial to end Syria’s 10-year war and it’s important to establish a new format to bring ...

Already, the United States has imposed strong sanctions on Syria's leaders. We supported a transfer of power that is responsive to the Syrian people. And many of our allies have joined in this effort.