(The Telegraph)- JK Rowling has connected with a young fan in Aleppo, speaking to her and her mother over Twitter and even sent the Harry Potter books for the child to read. Bana Alabed is a 7-year-old girl living in eastern Aleppo. She reads with her parents, who are trying to distract...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 people have been killed in regime air strikes pounding the southern province of Daraa, local activists said Wednesday.  The aerial bombing targeted a crowded street in the town of Jasem, leaving 8 people dead. The strikes have also hit towns of Dael, Nawa,...

Iran on Wednesday rejected as baseless and unsubstantiated accusations by Israel that Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were using commercial airline flights to ship weapons to the Lebanese Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah. Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon made the...

(BBC)- An Iraqi paramilitary force says it has seized a key road west of Mosul, effectively encircling the city controlled by so-called Islamic State. The Popular Mobilisation (Hashd al-Shaabi) declared it had taken control of the road between Tal Afar and Sinjar after linking up with...