Facing inconsistent governmental policies and confusing bureaucracy, Palestinian Syrians in Lebanon are struggling to obtain and maintain proper residency status in the country. Palestinian Syrians are required to renew their residency permits every three months and risk arrest or a heavy fine...

(Reporting by Abdullah al-Ghadawi; transaltion by Yusra Ahmed) People’s Protection Units (YPG) prevented the “Facts Finding Committee” formed by the Syrian National Coalition from entering the town of Tel Abyad after defeating the Islamic State (ISIS), activists told Zaman al-Wasl on...

An Islamic State attack on the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka is reported to have displaced 60,000 people, the United Nations office in Syria said on Friday, warning that up to 200,000 people may eventually try to flee, according to Reuters. Islamic State launched an assault on...

Islamic State fighters killed at least 145 civilians in an attack on the Syrian town of Kobani and a nearby village, in what a monitoring group described on Friday as the second worst massacre carried out by the hardline group in Syria. Fighting between the Kurdish YPG militia and Islamic State...