(Politico)- The leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is likely still alive and hiding somewhere near the Iraq-Syria border, the commander of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the militant group said Thursday. Army Lt. Gen. Steve Townsend, asked about the status of the...

(Al Jazeera)- With its rows of identical cottages, country houses and immaculately trimmed lawns, the Oxford countryside is quintessentially English. Syrian writer Zakaria Tamer and his wife Nadia may have spent more than two decades here, but upon entering their house one is catapulted into...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian displaced in al-Mabrouka camp have been suffering of  deteriorating living conditions as hundreds of people keep pouring to the northern Hasaka province fleeing ISIS-held territories in Deir Ezzor, local activists said.   About 1000 people reached the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Prices of sacrificial animals in southern Daraa province, which has been liberated this year, have increased mostly due to the smuggling of livestock, high fodder prices and transportation costs. Awad al-Joudi, a sheep farmer in Daraa province said, "the few days...