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Pharmacist risks his life to help children in Hama countryside

(Reporting by Sulaiman al-Ahmed; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Abdul Halim, a pharmacist in a village of Hama's countryside, supervised and participated in Polio vaccination campaign. Despite the hard circumstances in the area, such difficult transportation, lack of electricity and the threat of...

Syrian Kurds push deeper into Islamic State stronghold

The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it began an advance towards an Islamic State-held town at the Turkish border on Saturday, thrusting deeper into the jihadists' stronghold of Raqqa province in a campaign backed by U.S.-led air strikes. Redur Xelil, the YPG spokesman, told...

Nusra Front promises justice after shooting of Druze

The al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front acknowledged on Saturday that its members were involved in the killing of Druze villagers in northwestern Syria this week, saying they had violated orders and would face justice. Twenty Druze villagers were reportedly killed in the village of Qalb Loze in Idlib...

Leen, former detainee who lost everything in Syria

(Reporting by Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Leen, a 20-year-old Syrian girl lives alone in Istanbul, disappointed and depressed with no interest in life after losing everything in Syria. She lived with her father and brother in Damascus, her mother died when she was young. Her...