Airstrikes by the Syrian regime and its Russian allies on the Idlib de-escalation zone have killed at least 100 civilians since the beginning of this month, according to a local NGO. Also, 50,000 people from 10,000 families in Idlib, northwestern Syria were displaced in attacks by...

The watch towers, double-locked doors and video surveillance in the Chinese camps are there “to prevent escapes.” Uighurs and other minorities held inside are scored on how well they speak the dominant Mandarin language and follow strict rules on everything down to bathing and using the...

A woman believed to have belonged to Daesh and her three children has arrived back in her home country Germany, police told AFP Sunday. The woman is the first adult female Daesh member to have been returned through official channels to Germany from Syria. Named only as Laura H., the...

Syria's Kurds have handed over an American toddler and three German children and their mother to their respective governments, a Kurdish official and a Kurdish source said on Saturday. After years of leading the battle against the Islamic State group in Syria, the Kurds hold hundreds of...