The sudden re-emergence of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-appointed caliph of the Islamic State, did not alarm his former friend and present rival Abu Mohammad al-Julani. Stripped of all territory once under his control, with an army that crumbled throughout the deserts of Syria and Iraq,...

Fatma Emin's life changed forever when her husband died in the Syrian war, killed by ISIS in a land mine attack. It triggered a series of events that would bring her to Jinwar, a village built and inhabited by women -- a refuge for Syrian women and their children fleeing a rigid family...

“At least 12 children have been killed in northwestern Syria since April 20 as violence in the demilitarized zone continues to escalate. “More than 30,000 people have been forced to leave their homes to flee the violence during the month of April. “Four health facilities are now...

Heavy fighting raged overnight in the battle for the Libyan capital Tripoli, with neither faction able to secure gains on the frontlines as an offensive by eastern commander Khalifa Haftar entered its fifth week. Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA), which is allied to a parallel...