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'PKK blast' kills two civilians in Turkey

Two civilians working on a construction site in Turkey's southeast were killed on Monday in a bomb blast blamed on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), state media said. The two workers lost their lives when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in the Semdinli district of the...

Syrians fleeing ISIS face 'terrible' camp conditions

Civilians fleeing Daesh's (ISIS) two remaining Syrian strongholds face "terrible, terrible conditions" in dozens of poorly-equipped informal camps, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday. Daesh is under pressure in the remaining areas it holds in Syria, with a U.S.-backed...

As Assad militias reach Jordan border, regional fears mount

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian desert, also known as Badiya, has been witnessing a military incursion by Syrian regime and supporting militias in conjunction with fierce Syrian-Jordanian border battles. The regime seeks to control large areas linking it with Iraq and Jordan, especially as the...

In a Syria Refuge, Extremists Exert Greater Control

( New York Times )- After surviving a siege by Syrian forces, Firas al-Rahim and his family were removed from a rebel-held area of Homs province in central Syria and taken to an impoverished territory in the northwest. But since Mr. Rahim, his wife and their four children arrived in Idlib...