(Zaman Al Wasl)-The Russian and regime warplanes on Sunday extended its aerial bombing on the rebel-held province of Idlib, killing five people in the town of Maaret al-Nu’man and wounding several others in the southern countryside. Idlib Media Center explained that the warplanes launched...

(The Guardian)- Britain’s home secretary is being urged by MPs to allow refugees from the Yazidi community, a minority Iraqi group persecuted by Islamic State, to enter the UK under the same rules that allow entrance to vulnerable Syrian refugees. In a letter to Amber Rudd (pdf), a...

Nearly one million people are living under siege in Syria, the UN aid chief said Monday, announcing revised figures. The new figure of 974,080 people marks a dramatic increase from 486,700 Syrians living in besieged areas just six months ago, Stephen O'Brien told the Security Council....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Jaish al-Islam group and Faylaq al-Rahman exchanged accusatory statements regarding an incident of gun fire exchange and arrest in Saqba suburb in Eastern Ghouta.  The verbal clash comes as activists launch the “Stand with Douma” campaign to shed...