Islamic State militants enslaved Noura Khalaf for three years, dragging her from her small Iraqi village across their territory in Syria. They bought and sold her five times before she was finally freed with her children last week. Khalaf is one of many Yazidi women that Kurdish fighters in...

By Ethar Abdul Haq (Zaman Al Wasl) Syrians know by virtue of their engagement with the army, Baath Party and media institutions in their country that Saudi Arabia and the Saudis were always within the al-Assad regime’s target circle. For the head of the regime, Saudi Arabia is the head of...

A group of Syrian doctors based in rebel-held provinces said on Tuesday that aid had dropped markedly over the last two months because donors were losing interest, a factor that will make it harder for them to handle government assaults. Tens of thousands of displaced Syrians have found...

Hamas this week marks 10 years since taking power in Gaza with the Palestinian enclave at risk of conflict and facing electricity blackouts, poverty and Israel’s blockade, analysts and officials say. The situation is likely to be further complicated by the Saudi-led diplomatic row with Qatar,...