(Reuters) - Sheets meant to hide residents from snipers' sights still hang over streets in the Syrian border town of Kobani, and its shattered buildings and cratered roads suggest those who fled are unlikely to return soon. Kurdish forces said this week they had taken full...

 (Reuters) - The proportion of infants immunized against polio in Syria is close to pre-war levels thanks to a vaccination drive triggered by a rare outbreak of the disease, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said. The crippling and incurable disease...

By George Hadad; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl Leaks)- Violations committed by the National Defence forces Militias touched even people loyal to regime with no exception to families of their killed colleagues or members. Zaman al-Wasl is carrying on...

By Angelina Jolie KHANKE, Iraq — I HAVE visited Iraq five times since 2007, and I have seen nothing like the suffering I’m witnessing now. I came to visit the camps and informal settlements where displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees are desperately seeking shelter from the...