One summer evening in a Dutch village in the rural province of Drenthe, Raid Sadek, 37, stares in stunned silence at the screen of his phone. On it, a picture has just appeared of a man carrying a bullet proof vest and an automatic assault rifle. ogether, and the man sometimes stops by his...

The Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) distributed coats and shoes to 4,000 children in Syria's Idlib and Afrin regions, a charity official said on Tuesday. Selim Tosun, the IHH media manager for Syria, told Anadolu Agency that the aid was delivered to support children in...

The United States on Tuesday slapped fresh sanctions on Syria, targeting its central bank and blacklisting several people and entities in a continued effort to cut off funds for President Bashar al-Assad’s government. The latest action, building on sanctions imposed on Syria earlier this...

Syrian activists circulated on social media news of a HIV case, a first in the rebel-held northern Aleppo countryside. Our correspondent in Aleppo said that the HIV infection was discovered by chance during the process of analyzing a sample of blood given by (H. A.) in order to donate...