German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that it was a "disgrace" that the international community had been unable to alleviate the suffering in Syria's besieged city of Aleppo. "Aleppo is a disgrace," she said in a speech to her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party....

(Eqtsad)- The Kurdish Self Administration forced big amount of tax on people and workshops’ owners, which pushed them to leave the northern city of Efrin near Aleppo city. “Running away from taxes which turned me into a “worker”, to them, I have left Efrin to Nile Street in Aleppo, as...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Armed members of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) broke up a demonstration organized by the Kurdish National Council in the city of Qamishli in al-Hasakah’s countryside on Friday.  Demonstrators were demanding the release of several Kurdish political prisoners. ...

(Los Angeles Times)- He was a committed activist, as well as a “real funny guy,” according to his colleagues on the front lines in northern Syria. To his comrades in arms, he was a good fighter, one who said he feared cameras more than bullets. And to friends at home in Northern...