As Syria crumbles, many face the "terrifying" option of refugee life
"I would feel guilty if I go, but I would also feel guilty if I don't."
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"I would feel guilty if I go, but I would also feel guilty if I don't."
President tells Fox & Friends he wanted to target Bashar Assad, but Jim Mattis "didn't want to." Two years ago he said it was "never even contemplated."
Vladimir Putin has vowed once again to come to the rescue of his ally, Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The injuries were minor, but such confrontations have become common, and a U.S. official says the Russians were "reckless" on this occasion.
Syrian media and a war monitoring group say the incident started when American forces were denied passage at a checkpoint near a Syrian air base.
The U.N. estimates at least 80% of Syrians are already living in poverty, and many fear the new sanctions from Washington will make life even harder.
Hassan Akkad survived torture and near drowning to carve out a new, successful life, but right now he's busy cleaning a hospital to "pay it forward."
Doctor working in war-torn Idlib province says it's "impossible" to self-isolate in the crowded camps for displaced Syrians, so if COVID-19 arrives, "it would be a disaster."
A province in Syria's northwest, Idlib is the last opposition stronghold against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
"It's a dangerous geostrategic escalation. It's a dangerous international situation that needs to be brought under control with a ceasefire," said James Jeffrey, U.S. Special Representative for Syria Engagement.
Salwa Mohammad's father taught her to laugh through fierce bombing around their home in Idlib, and it may have saved both their lives.
It was the largest death toll for Turkey in a single day since it first intervened in Syria in 2016.
Since December, 900,000 civilians have been forced to flee Syrian and Russian bombs in the northwest. Most are women and children.
The airport has been closed since 2012 due to fighting.
A military offensive in northwestern Syria has created one of the worst catastrophes for civilians in the country's long-running war.
"In self-defense, coalition troops returned fire" after forces loyal to Syria's government opened fire on several vehicles, the U.S. military says.
Filmmaker Waad al-Kateab's Oscar-nominated documentary is a moving account of life during the five-year siege of Aleppo, Syria.
One man who spoke to CBS News said it's hard to forget the years of war.
Children make up the vast majority of more than 200,000 people who fled the Turkish invasion, according to the U.N.
Russia and Syria have always denied using chemicals in deadly Douma attack, and now WikiLeaks claims whistleblower evidence backs them up
CBS News saw Russian attack helicopters in the region, followed by a long U.S. military convoy
The power is not to match ISIS, but the Syrian regime, Russians and militias backed by Turkey
"There is no place for genocide, for ethnic cleansing, for war crimes in the 21st century," O'Brien said on "Face the Nation"
Women with rocks and even children armed with eggs prepared for a Turkish and Russian convoy inside Syria
President Trump ordered the withdrawal of troops from the region weeks ago