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Syrian regime helps ISIS, PKK/PYD, commander says

Bashar al-Assad’s forces are helping Daesh and PKK/PYD in opposing the Free Syrian Army (FSA), a commander said Tuesday. Abu Ramadan said Daesh and the PKK/PYD were acting together along the Marea-Jarabulus line in northern Aleppo province. “Daesh came into action four years ago when...

Severe malnutrition in Yemen

The emaciated frame of 18-year-old Saida Ahmad Baghili lies on a hospital bed in the red sea port city of Hodaida, her suffering stark evidence of the malnutrition spread by Yemen's 19-month civil war. Baghili arrived at the Al Thawra hospital on Saturday. She is bed-ridden and unable to...

Iraqi special forces evacuate villages close to Mosul

(The Daily Star)- The line of cars flying white flags kept on coming Tuesday as Iraqi forces began to evacuate residents of the last villages near ISIS bastion of Mosul. And it was not just people. Some vehicles had animals perched on piles of blankets amid foam mattresses and plastic...