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As new Syrian exodus unfolds, some fear they will never go home

Kurdish doctor Farid Mustafa was one of the last to flee Ras al-Ain as Turkish bombs rained down on the Syrian border town. He fears may never return home. He escaped on Thursday night with his wife and two small children as warplanes flew in the sky above a line of cars trying to get away...

Turkish forces intensify bombardment around Syrian town

Turkish forces stepped up their bombardment around a town in northeast Syria on Saturday, the fourth day of an offensive against a Kurdish militia, after U.S. troops in the region came under artillery fire from Turkish positions. The United States has ramped up its efforts to persuade...

Monitor: 74 Kurdish-led fighters killed in Turkish offensive

The death toll among Syrian Kurdish-led fighters battling a Turkish offensive has risen to 74, most of whom have been killed in the Tel Abyad area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. Observatory Director Rami Abdulrahman also said 49 fighters with Turkish backed...

Car bombs, mortar shelling: death toll rises in Syria, Turkey

The death toll of civilians and fighters further increased on the third day of the Turkish offensive towards the Kurds in Syria. A car bomb went off in the city of Qamishli, and on the Turkish side of the border civilians were killed in a mortar attack, according to several media. A car...