Libyan pro-government forces have advanced into another area in their battle to liberate Sirte from Islamic State in fighting that killed 14 of their troops, military officials and hospital sources said. After six months of fighting, backed by U.S. air strikes, Libyan forces allied with the...

(Eqtsad)- Syrian Activists in Turkey reported that offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) refuses admitting Syrian refugees and ignore them even in days allocated for the public. Journalist Jamal Mamo told Eqtsad that directors of UNHCR most of the time close...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Activists said death of Abu Ja'far al-Homsi was due to myocardial infarction and not being assassinated on Thursday in northern Idlib province. Ghaith Abu Ahmad, a member in the brigade's media office, told Zaman al-Wasl that the military commander of the Martyrs of Islam...

(Tablet)- When her 27-year-old son died in Syria, Rima felt more furious than sad. Unfortunately, she could not say out loud what she wanted to say. He was sent to fight in Syria, without her approval, and without receiving proper training. She wanted to blame someone—mainly those who had...