Samuel Oakford and Avi Asher-Schapiro
Pawns in Syria's Ceasefire, Three Boys Die in Landmine Explosion
The three young boys could not access medical care because Madaya — the Syrian town where they lived — is playing a key role in a deadly geopolitical balancing act.
No One Knows What Just Happened to the UN's First-Ever Humanitarian Airdrop in Syria
Wednesday's airdrop was the start of an operation to provide aid to more than 200,000 people in need of assistance. But nobody is sure where the aid landed, or even how and to whom it would be distributed.
More Than a Million Civilians Are Under Siege in Syria, Mostly by Regime, Report Says
As Syrian peace talks in Geneva broke up on Wednesday with no result, new figures from a watchdog group indicate that far more Syrians are living under siege in the country than the UN has reported — predominantly in areas surrounded by regime forces.
UN Says 400 Starving Syrians Need to Be Evacuated From Besieged Town of Madaya
A day after delivering food and supplies to Madaya, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for Syria said he saw people there that looked like "skeletons."
