(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Kurdish PYD militia has transferred hundreds of displaced people who fled ISIS-held territories in Deir Ezzor to al-Mabrouka refugee camp north of Hasaka city, activists told Zaman al-Wasl on Monday.   Abdul Malek al-Ali said the PYD militants prevented the...

Tens of thousands of Syrian nationals who fled their country's civil war to Turkey are returning home temporarily to Syria to celebrate a major Muslim holiday, Turkish officials said Monday. Almost three million Syrians have taken refuge in Turkey since the conflict broke out in 2011, the...

( The Washington Post )- As Syrian refugees begin to trickle back to a homeland still at war, aid agencies fear that a proposed change to U.N. guidelines could accelerate the pace of returns. At least 5.1 million people have left Syria during the six-year conflict, with most seeking safety...

Iraqi forces raised the national flag on Saturday in the heart of Tal Afar, Islamic State’s stronghold in the country’s northwest, and said they were poised to take full control of the city after a week-long offensive. Tal Afar is the latest objective in the U.S.-backed war on the...