Syrian mediators reached an agreement Friday for the release of some 300 cement workers kidnapped by the ISIS, a monitor said, but it was unclear exactly how many were freed. ISIS abducted the employees on Monday from Al-Badia cement factory outside the town of Dumeir, around 50...

 Iraq's counter-terrorism forces backed by U.S.-led coalition air strikes reached the centre of the western town of Hit, dislodging ISIS militants and evacuating thousands of civilians, state television said Friday. A local commander said the pro-government forces had routed the militants...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source reported that The kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) has arrested Saleh al-Jallad, Head of the Air Force Intelligence in Hasaka, and his son, amid conditions indicate of possible conflict between the regime and (YPG)...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Derik camp near Mardin city at the Syrian-Turkish borders, witnessed several incidents of fire, which incited huge worried about the safety and neglect the Syrian refugees suffer compared to other camps in Turkey. the latest comic-tragic accident...