(Zaman Alwasl)- At least 30.000 people fled towns captured by the Islamic State (IS) near the Syrian- Iraqi borders, a monitoring group said Sunday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said thousands of people have fled the...

ALEPPO (Zaman Alwasl)- Opposition activists say Syrian regime army has not taken control of Tal Sha'eer village near the infantry school in Aleppo. A rebel commander, in footage posted online, said fighters of al-Tawhid brigade still controlling the...

Jihadists who overran Mosul last month have demolished ancient shrines and mosques in and around the historic northern Iraqi city, residents and social media posts said Saturday. At least four shrines to Sunni Arab or Sufi figures have been demolished, while six Shiite mosques,...

(AFP)- More than six million children affected by the Syria conflict desperately need humanitarian aid, the UN's children's agency said Friday, with the number in need rising by a third in a year. UNICEF is warning that despite the spiralling numbers the organisation may have to...