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US-led coalition says allies foil Islamic State prison break

Islamic State militants attempted to break out of a detention facility in northeastern Syria but U.S.-backed Syrian fighters "successfully" restored calm, activists and the U.S-led coalition said Saturday. Few details emerged about what transpired a day earlier in the detention facility in...

Lebanon: more Syrian refugees to return next week

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Lebanese General Security announced Friday that another series of voluntary Syrian refugee returns will take place early next week from various areas across Lebanon, the Daily Star reported. The voluntary return trips will depart Monday starting at 6 a.m. from...

Inside the last days of ISIS

They climbed along a jagged pathway on the edge of Mount Baghouz, a monolithic cliff overlooking the last patch of land held by the Islamic State, carrying with them whatever they could hold. Men, women and children arrived by the thousands in recent weeks, surrendering to the Syrian...

Floods hit 40,000 displaced people in northwest Syria: UN

More than 40,000 displaced people in northwestern Syria have seen their camps flooded by heavy rains in the past three days, a United Nations spokesman said Tuesday. Around 14 camps were affected in the northwestern province of Idlib, David Swanson of the UN Office for the Coordination of...