The Daesh terrorist group is using civilian hostages as "human shields" on the frontlines of the ongoing battle for Mosul, according to children who have recently fled the beleaguered city. Children from the village of Adla south of Mosul, who claim to have recently escaped the terrorist...

(The Daily Star)- A suspected extremist gunman captured during a shock attack on Kirkuk Friday said the raid was planned to divert attention from a major offensive on ISIS' Mosul stronghold. An AFP reporter attended the interrogation shortly after his arrest by Kurdish forces of a suspected...

The UN refugee agency warned Greek authorities Friday over what it called the illegal return of 10 Syrian refugees to Turkey. "The UNHCR is seriously concerned by the illegal return of Syrian nationals from Greece to Turkey," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards told a news conference at the UN in...

Hundreds of people in Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo on Thursday demonstrated against Russia’s planned 'evacuation' of besieged parts of the city. Protesters gathered in Aleppo’s Al-Shear neighborhood, waving banners and shouting slogans -- in Arabic and English -- expressing...