Nearly 2,000 Yazidi children freed from the grips of the Islamic State group in recent years are still trapped by psychological and physical trauma, Amnesty International warned on Thursday.  In a new report based on dozens of interviews in northern Iraq, the rights group found that...

An American oil company now has a deal to modernize the oil industry in areas controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed on Thursday. President Donald Trump ordered U.S. forces to “secure the oil” in northeastern Syria after...

Many hospitals need urgent reconstruction, but sanctions are preventing them from importing critical equipment It has been a month since US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Caesar Act sanctions coming into play as policy on 17 June.  There has been a clear mismatch in US...

A Syrian woman was killed and her baby child wounded  Wednesday due to crossfire between Turkish-backed factions in northern Afrin city. According to Zaman al-Wasl correspondent, heavy clashes erupted on Wednesday evening between rebel groups operating in the Jaish al-Sharqiya...