( The Guardian )- Islamic State closed the doors of Raqqa, its de facto capital in Syria, to civilians and blocked their escape from the city more than a year ago. Then some of their fighters began taking money from civilians in return for allowing them to leave – up to $800 per person. Many...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- In abandoned tent in Zaatari refugee Camp, Sham Morjan has being suffering from cerebral palsy since her birth. Sham, the little girl of 6 years, seems younger than her age after she stopped growing, talking and moving and practicing her childhood like her peers....

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 80,000 Syrian refugees sheltering in Rukban camp at Jordan’s border have been suffering lack of drinking water and mounting health problems.   The main potable water tubes were cut off since June 15, such a mesery pushed the displaced people to walk...

The Syrian army and its allies advanced in the central Syrian desert on Monday and could soon encircle a Daesh (ISIS) pocket, part of a multi-pronged thrust into eastern areas held by the militant group. A Syrian military source said the Syrian army and its allies had taken a number of...