At least three people searching for valuable truffles in the Deir Ezzor desert have been killed by the suspected Iran-run militia, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl on Friday. Two truffle pickers were also killed on Wednesday night, after they were targeted by unknown gunmen, likely...

The Syria Response Coordinators team confirmed that civilians in northwestern Syria face many dilemmas that have become a recurring phenomenon and are still continuing to this day. The local relief team stressed in its report the increase in suicide rates in the region, as last week there...

Palestinian teen Hussam al-Attar has literally brought light to a displacement shelter in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip after he and his family fled from the ongoing Israeli offensive on the enclave.  The fifteen-year-old, nicknamed “Gaza's Newton,” uses old wind turbines to...

Daesh/ISIS constitutes a threat to international peace and security, UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov warned on Thursday.  "Daesh continues to pose a serious threat to international peace and security, notably in conflict zones, despite significant...