(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters took ground from Iraqi Shiite militias on the Iraqi border after a surprise attack on Friday, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Activist Muhannad Yousef the the ISIS suicide bombers attacked three checkpoint for al-Hashd al-Sha’bi near Tel Sufouk...

With the map of Syria’s conflict decisively redrawn in President Bashar al-Assad’s favor, his Russian allies want to convert military gains into a settlement that stabilizes the shattered nation and secures their interests in the region. A year after the opposition’s defeat in...

Alaa and Noor, two young sisters from Syria’s besieged Eastern Ghouta district, are informing the world of their difficult circumstances through their joint Twitter account. Eight-year-old Alaa and ten-year-old Noor voice the pains and hopes of Eastern Ghouta’s children in tweets...

Despite the passage of years, a Syrian refugee in Turkey is still haunted by the horrors of her past under the Assad regime. Muna B., 33, has been living in the Reyhanli district of Turkey’s southeastern Hatay province for two years. Before fleeing to Turkey, she was arrested...