The Kurdish-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) took control of the town of Tal Rifaat on Monday, seizing territory close to the Turkish border and pushing east towards Islamic State-held territory, conflict monitors said. The move means the SDF - which include the Kurdish YPG...

The German government expects 500,000 refugees to come to Germany this year, German newspaper Rheinische Post cited sources from the Federal Labor Office as saying. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told Frank-Juergen Weise, head of both the Federal Office for...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Maha Jasim Halawik, a-4-year-old girl from Zara town in countryside of Homs, suffers from a state of mute-deaf and dislocation in her left hip during rescuing her from under the rubbles of her house. Mohammed Kassab detailed that the girl was...

 Turkish forces shelled Kurdish fighters in northern Syria for a third day Monday but failed to stop their advance, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based monitor said Turkish troops were shelling the road to the west of the town of Tal Rifaat, which has been a key...