( Middle Eats Eye )- The battle to take Raqqa, the Syrian capital of the Islamic state (IS) group, is almost over. But one of the main challenges that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) face after IS is not only the huge destruction but also how to expand their model of women's...

(Eqtsad)- Despite the reconciliation and the 5-month-old ceasefire, Barzeh, the northern neighborhood of Damascus still suffering lack of governmental services and aid. Residents say no ovens or gas stations are operating in the neighborhood. The regime municipality has so far...

Somalia is in desperate need for donated blood to treat survivors of a truck bombing in the capital Mogadishu Saturday that killed more than 300 people and injured at least 400 others, a minister said. The bombing was one of the worst such attacks in Somalia. Officials said it bore the...

U.S.-backed militias have completely taken Syria's Raqqa from Daesh (ISIS), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday. The fall of Raqqa city, where Daesh staged euphoric parades after its string of lightning victories in 2014, is a potent symbol of the extremist movement's...