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YPG evacuates 3 villages, forces mandatory conscription

(Zaman Al Wasl)- People’s Protection units (YPG) the armed wing of Democratic Union party (PYD) has Wednesday warned 3 villages in Southern countryside of Hasaka to evacuate them without explaining reasons, besides warning young men to join the mandatory conscription.  Local sources...

Syrians begin returning home

A group of 292 Syrians went back to the Syrian town of Jarablus from Turkey on Wednesday, marking the first formal return of civilians since Ankara launched a military incursion two weeks ago to try to secure the border region, a Turkish official said. Jarablus, which had been held by...

Syria regime swaps prisoners for Russian bodies: lawyer

The Syrian government has begun releasing 169 prisoners in exchange for the return of the bodies of five Russian soldiers killed when their helicopter was downed, a lawyer said Wednesday. “On Tuesday, 50 inmates including seven women were set free from Adra prison and 84 others from Hama...

Nearly 50 million children 'uprooted' worldwide

Almost 50 million children throughout the world are "uprooted," forcibly displaced from their home countries by war, violence or persecution, the United Nations children's program said Wednesday. "Indelible images of individual children -- Aylan Kurdi's small body washed up on a beach after...