(Middle East Eye)- While members of the Syria Civil Defence group in Syria, better known as the White Helmets, have been celebrated as brave humanitarians across the world, little is known about the contribution of their female members. "Women are an essential part of the rescue work,"...

The German government has banned the public display of images of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed head of the PKK terrorist group, amid calls by Turkey to take stricter measures against terrorism propaganda. A spokesman of the German Interior Ministry told Anadolu Agency on Friday that the ministry...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Kurdish forces took new ground from ISIS in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, the last main road out of the city which is bordered to the south by the Euphrates River, spokesman said Friday. The SDF captured the district of al-Jazrat, making significant close to...

U.S.-backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Islamic State-held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in a few weeks, as a U.S. Marines artillery unit deployed to help the campaign. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a militia alliance including the Kurdish YPG,...