A frontline war doctor has described the moment Queen Elizabeth II had an ingenious idea to help heal his trauma after returning from Syria. Dr David Nott said his "bottom lip started to go" while ...

The regime of Syria's Bashar al-Assad has systemically destroyed hospitals and assassinated doctors thought to sympathize with rebels. In the process, entire families have died from the lack of care.

Editor’s note (April 22nd 2024): This article has been updated to clarify some details. OVER THE past 30 years I have worked in war zones around the world as a surgeon treating casualties resulting ...

The prognosis was bad for a wounded teenager in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The 16-year-old, identified in press reports only as "J," was apparently caught by gunfire in Congo's civil war. His ...