U.S.-backed forces fighting Daesh (ISIS) militants in Syria were removing land mines and clearing main roads in Raqqa on Wednesday, a day after their commanders declared the city was under their control, a spokesman said. Mustafa Bali, spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic...

The city of Raqqa has been taken from Daesh (ISIS) but the humanitarian crisis in the region is still escalating, Save the Children said Tuesday. “The military offensive in Raqqa may be coming to an end, but the humanitarian crisis is greater than ever,” the aid group’s Syria director...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 people killed in Russian airstrikes on the town of Albu Kamal at the Iraqi border as the regime army and allied forces pushed into the remaining ISIS-held districts east of Deir Ezzor province, local activists said. The strikes hit a marketplace in the town...

TUNIS (Reuters) - U.N. agencies said on Monday they were trying to provide urgent help to large numbers of migrants who had been held in the smuggling hub of Sabratha as rival factions battled for control of the city. At least 4,000 migrants, including pregnant women, newborn babies and...