U.S.-backed Syrian fighters in a major new offensive against Islamic State vowed on Thursday to cut off the last remaining access route to the outside world for the self-proclaimed caliphate, and won vital, if tacit, backing from Turkey. The assault around the Syrian city of Manbij, backed by...

Islamic State militants fought back vigorously overnight and parried an onslaught by the Iraqi army on a southern district of the city of Falluja, the group's bastion near Baghdad, officers said on Tuesday. An aid official warned of a "human catastrophe" unfolding in the city, with residents...

One year after Indonesia offered temporary shelter for hundreds of Muslim Rohingya, those who remain in camps are seeking employment and clarity regarding their status. Hundreds of refugees have even fled northern Aceh province in hopes of reaching Malaysia and meeting relatives and acquiring...

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Democratic Union Party (PYD) on Sunday has released 16 ladies from Deir Ezzor after they were arrested and detained for 9 days in the party prisons in al-Mabroukeh in al-Hasaka’s western countryside. Ahmad al-Ramadan, Head of  “Deir...