(Zaman Al Wasl)-  At least 19 civilians, including 6 children and a woman, have been killed in the 4-day-old offensive on al-Waer neighborhood of Homs city, local activists said as regime tightens the noose on the  residents of last rebel stronghold in the central city. 6...

(Washington Post)- Maher Almahasneh returned home from his English language class to a small living room filled with guests. He calls them friends. Harley Kooker, a 71-year-old dairy cattle veterinarian, was huddled in a kitchen corner assembling a new portable washing machine he’d...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Syria Democratic Forces on Friday took two villages from ISIS east of Raqqa city, the group’s de facto capital where the third phase of major offensive to seize it from ISIS has been announced early this week. The rapid gains by the Kurdish-led forces come along...

At least five people were killed and 19 wounded on Friday, in two suicide bombings that hit an Iraqi army position and a restaurant in eastern Mosul, a medical source said. A man believed to belong to ISIS blew himself up inside the Sayidati al-Jamila ("My Fair Lady") restaurant at...