Kurdish-led authorities who run a sprawling camp for ISIS-linked prisoners in northeast Syria are preparing the first-ever return of detainees to Syrian areas, the camp director said, a move enabled by the fall of the al-Assad regime. Al-Hol camp director Jihan Hanan said preparations were...

At least one million children in Gaza urgently need mental health and psycho-social support for depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts, the UN relief chief said Thursday. "The ceasefire has provided a vital reprieve from relentless hostilities for Palestinians," Tom Fletcher told a Security...

German Christian Democratic Union candidate Friedrich Merz has announced a tough programme on refugees and migration on his first day as chancellor – if he wins in February. Merz, 69, will reject all migrants without valid entry documents at the German border and stop asylum seekers from...

Syrian forces captured 15 fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after violent clashes near oil wells in the "Al-Raqqa" desert south of Raqqa, northeastern Syria, activists said on Thursday. The forces affiliated with the new administration made significant field progress in the...