Russia announced on Friday that intense fighting continues in its Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, as its armed forces work to repel a Ukrainian offensive.  The Russian Emergency Ministry has declared a federal state of emergency in the region, initially downplaying the...

Bombardment by pro-Iranian groups supporting the Syrian government killed 11 civilians in an eastern village under the control of the YPG group, a war monitor said on Aug. 9. Six children were among the victims of intense shelling of the east banks of the Euphrates in Dahla in the Deir...

The Golan Heights has officially been recognised as part of Syria since the country won independence in 1944. Despite numerous wars, claims and counter-claims, the international community continues to regard the scenic, resource-rich region as part of Syria. Israel, which has occupied...

For more than 10 years, Abu Mohammad has been living in a tent with his family in northern Syria, displaced by the long-running civil war. Unable to earn enough to support them, he, like hundreds of others, has decided to travel via Turkey to Niger to work as a mercenary. Abu Mohammad (not...