A Qatari mission has begun searching for the remains of US hostages killed by ISIS in Syria a decade ago, two sources briefed on the mission said, reviving a longstanding effort to recover their bodies. ISIS, which controlled swathes of Syria and Iraq at the peak of its power from 2014 to...

Humanitarian aid ship with Ukrainian grain arrives in northern Turkey en route to crisis-hit regions
A humanitarian aid ship carrying 20,000 tons of wheat from Ukraine arrived Thursday at the Toros Port in the Turkish northern province of Samsun as part of a UN World Food Program (WFP) initiative to support crisis-hit regions, including Syria. The Beirut-flagged "Brave Commander" was welcomed...

Markets in areas controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces are experiencing a stifling recession, amid a sharp decline in buying and selling activity, coupled with deteriorating living conditions and a lack of solutions. The decline is due to several intertwined factors, most...