Turkey's deadline to jointly establish a "safe zone" with the United States in northern Syria by the end of September has passed, leaving the threat of unilateral military intervention by Ankara hanging over the region. President Tayyip Erdogan told the United Nations last week he...

Among the destroyed buildings of Syria's Aleppo, a battered sign between two army checkpoints welcomes visitors to an area earmarked to become a beacon of post-war reconstruction. "The industrial city of Aleppo thanks you for your visit," it reads. Once the country's powerhouse, Aleppo...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Iranian-backed sectarian militias have taken control of large parts of eastern Deir Ezzor province since October 2017 following  ISIS (Daesh) defeat and the collapse of the self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate. The militias are comprised ofJerusalem Corp, the...

Desperate to escape war and find medical care for their daughter, Jaber Karawan and his wife have spent hundreds of dollars trying to escape northwestern Syria into next-door Turkey. They have tried five times to smuggle themselves and their two children across the border in recent weeks....