U.S.-backed fighters Monday combed through a central district of Syria's Raqqa that once housed key Daesh (ISIS) command centers, recovering communication equipment and weapons used by the militants. The Syrian Democratic Forces have captured around 90 percent of Daesh's one-time...

By Ethat Abdul Haq (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 16 Sunni civilians killed on Monday by pro-regime militia in the Alawites dominated village of al-Hawat in Hama province, in retaliation to killing of pro-regime militant. The victims were from al-Nuayim and al-Hadidin...

( The Independent )- Zahira (not her real name) was 45 when she was arrested at her workplace in a suburb of Damascus in 2013. As soon as she arrived at Al Mezzeh Military Airport, she was strip searched, tied to a bed and gang raped by five soldiers.  For the next 14 days, she was...

Roughly 500 families have fled Iraq’s Daesh-held Tal Afar district to next-door Syria in recent days amid an ongoing Iraqi army campaign to capture the district, a local military official said Friday. “Since the army launched its campaign to liberate Tal Afar, around 500 families have...