(Rudaw)- ISIS militants launched chemical weapons attacks on Qayyara in the weeks after Iraqi forces retook control of the town, a new report from Human Rights Watch confirmed.  The attacks, in September and October, “caused painful burns to at least seven people consistent with...

Israeli forces attacked a Syrian military position Wednesday, hours after a rocket from Syria hit the Israeli-held Golan Heights, the army said. "In response to the projectile which hit Israel earlier today, the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) targeted an artillery position of the Syrian regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime's military police and security forces have arrested 139 young men participated in a marathon organized in Latakia last Sunday who were escaping the conscription, sources said. A source within the military police and supportive to the opposition confirmed to...

(The Daily Star)- The United Nations is investigating claims that up to 32 civilians were killed in a U.S. airstrike in the volatile Afghan province of Kunduz last week, calling any loss of civilian life "unacceptable." The strike early last Thursday triggered angry protests in Kunduz, with...