A car bomb by Kurdish YPG has killed 17 people and wounded 20 others near in Tal Khalaf village near the border town of Ras al-Ayn, the Turkish Defence Ministry said Tuesday. Car bombs have become the new attack tactic by Kurdish militias to target Turkish-backed fighters but this...

The political detainee Osama Omar al-Khalid died on Monday due to his deteriorating health condition, following 15 months of detention by the military Intelligence, local rights advocates said. Doctor al-Khalid was acclaimed for devoting his medical career to help poor people,...

At least 28,076 women have been killed since the Syrian war erupted in March 2011, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said Monday marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.   The report documents that 28,076 females were killed at...

An Iraqi protester was killed on Tuesday in the capital Baghdad and dozens more wounded across the country's restive south as sit-ins turned violent, medics told AFP. The demonstrator died after being shot by a rubber bullet near Al-Ahrar bridge, which has been sealed off by security forces...