A powerful blast caused by a suicide bomber hit a heavily policed district of the capital on Thursday with at least seven killed, a police source told state television. The source was quoted by state television as saying a suicide bomber blew himself in the Kafr Sousa neighbourhood...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- PYD’s militants launched new conscription campaign in northeastern Hasaka province, conducting patrols on civil houses and arresting dozens of young men, activists said Sunday. Activit Malaz al-Yusuf reported that militias of “Military Discipline Units” of Democratic...

(Middle East Eye)- Allowing aid into besieged areas of Syria has proven to be a successful diplomatic tool for negotiating, but civilians always pay the price for these truces On 13 December 2016, Bashar Jaafari, the current permanent representative of Syria to the United Nations, declared:...

(The Telegraph)- Sitting in her family’s new apartment in Turkey, Fatemah al-Abed still cannot believe they made it out of Aleppo alive.  She had feared government forces would wreak revenge on her and her daughter Bana, the seven-year-old girl whose tweets provided a window for...