Militias fighting alongside Iraqi troops against ISIS are committing war crimes using weapons provided to the Iraqi military by the United States, Europe, Russia and Iran, Amnesty International said Thursday. The rights group said that predominantly Shi'ite Muslim militias, known collective...

The United States has "much work to be done" to reform the criminal justice system and humanize the prison system, President Barack Obama said Thursday in a Harvard Law Review article. In the 56-page article, the president defends his government's actions during his eight-year term on a...

Syrian pro-regime forces clashed with rebels around the main water source for Damascus Thursday, activists said, threatening a fragile ceasefire as it entered its seventh day. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government troops backed by fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah...

(The Daily Star)- Calling themselves “The Homsies,” a group of Syrian teenagers in north Lebanon’s Akkar are using their musical talents to send a message of peace – and at the same time to help improve the lives of refugees. “If there is one thing everyone does, it’s listen to...