(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Local activists based in Tal-Tamer town in the western countryside of Hasaka city said Asayish, an armed group affiliated to the Democratic Union Party (PYD), had been looting  houses of the Arab villages in in the Kurdish predominantly region northeast Syria....

President Barack Obama has directed his administration to prepare to take in at least 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year, the White House said on Thursday. It is the first specific commitment the United States has made toward increasing its acceptance of refugees from the war-torn...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that the United States was "committed to" taking in more of the Syrian refugees fleeing war in their country. Kerry spoke to reporters after meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including one that addressed the migrant crisis in...

Daily clashes between Kurdish militants and security forces in southeast Turkey have cast doubt on whether a credible election can be held in two months' time, with the fear of violence likely to haunt campaign rallies and voting day itself. Kurds seemed to hold the keys to Turkey's...