UN war crimes investigators have called upon Turkey to rein in allied Takfiri militants wreaking havoc in the northern part of neighboring war-ravaged Syria.

The United States becomes isolated again as it vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on foreign Daesh terrorists, while the other 14 council members voted in favor of the resolution.

Syria’s UN ambassador denounces Turkey for using drinking water as a weapon of war against civilians in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah.

Yemen's southern separatists say they have withdrawn from talks over a Saudi-sponsored power-sharing deal with Saudi-sponsored militants.

The Russian military says US supports terrorist attacks in Syria’s southern al-Tanf region to impede the war-torn country’s reconstruction process.

Fierce infighting erupts between rival Turkish-backed militants in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah over the distribution of stolen objects and disagreements over seizure of local houses.

Syrian Air Force fighter jets destroy a large militant weapons cache in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib.

A car bomb in northeast Syria kills at least nine people and injures 15 others.

Syrian army forces find human body organs intended for trafficking inside a former militant hideout in Idlib province.

The country is one of the world's poorest and insurgency has seen more than 1,100 lives lost.