BY MARWAN HISHAM- ( Foreign Policy )- In January 2016, I left behind my home in Raqqa, unable to live any longer under the rule of the Islamic State. I dreamed of returning when the city was liberated from the terrorist group. Now that dream seems on the verge of realization. Instead of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Sumer took the opportunity, with the Turkish side agreeing to open the border crossings for Syrians to spend the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Syria, to cross into Syria to check on her house in Aleppo. At the border crossing, she was surprised by the employee asking her to refer...

A faction of Pakistan-based sectarian militants Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) on Saturday claimed responsibility for twin bombs that hit a market in the northwestern town of Parachinar, killing at least 50 people ahead of the holiday marking the end of Ramadan. LeJ's Al Alami faction said in a...

Suicide bombers attacked a shopping district of east Mosul that was retaken from the extremists months ago, killing at least three people, medical and security officials said Saturday. The attack struck the Muthanna neighbourhood late on Friday as residents shopped ahead of the Eid al-Fitr...