(The Guardian)- Long before Khatoon Khider took up a gun, she became famous for singing about another woman who went to war, a tragic heroine who followed her lover into battle in disguise. And she wondered even then, years before the Islamic State had been created and nearly a decade before...

(The Independent)- The Secretary-General of the United Nations has said the fight against extremists in Syria needs a political solution.  Antonio Guterres also said any solution in the battle against terrorists in the region will need the support of the Syrian people.  The...

(The Guardian )- American airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Helmand province may have killed at least 18 civilians, mostly women and children, according to the UN and local sources. The airstrikes took place late on Thursday in Sangin district, which has been highly contested for most of the...

The Lebanese Hezbollah movement strongly supports the Syria ceasefire agreed upon in Kazakhstan and any truce that could lead to a political solution, its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday. Russia and Turkey brokered a shaky ceasefire in December between rebel groups and the...