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New US-led Syria strike kills 80 relatives of ISIS fighters

A U.S.-led coalition airstrike on the eastern Syrian town of Mayadeen early Friday killed at least 80 relatives of ISIS fighters, activists told AFP. "The toll includes 33 children. They were families seeking refuge in the town's municipal building," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the...

Syria girls escape nightmare of war with Snow White fable

To escape the nightmare of life in their besieged hometown near Syria's capital, 13 young girls sought refuge in a fairytale performance of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". The all-girl cast spent months memorising lines from the classic Brothers Grimm fable before performing in front of a...

Irrigation in Idlib a chronic problem for farmers

Reporting by Shams ed-Din Matoun (Eqtsad)- Idlib province is known for its agriculture; it is famous for rainfed crops that rely heavily on rainwater such as lentils, cumin, chickpeas, etc. but due to drought and lack of rainfall in recent years, irrigation has become a major problem...

SDF at the sight of Raqqa's eastern neighborhoods

(Zaman al Wasl)- The U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led militias are just two miles far from the first neighborhoods of Raqqa from the eastern side, such an advance followed a promise on Thursday that no harm would come to ISIS fighters in Raqqa who turned themselves in by the end of the month....