Syrian regime army advanced Monday as it battles to capture a rebel region that is key to the capital's water supply, launching strikes and artillery fire threatening a fragile nationwide truce. The cease-fire brokered by regime ally Russia and Turkey, which backs the opposition, is now...

(The Guardian)- Turkish authorities suspect Islamic State is behind the attack on a popular Istanbul nightclub during new year’s celebrations, Turkish media reports say. Meanwhile local reports said an Isis-affiliated group had claimed responsibility for the attack. Authorities also...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led air strikes on Sunday killed 4 senior commanders of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham in northern Idlib province,sources said. Field source said the commanders of formerly known Nusra Front were killed in two air strikes. The first targeted a car carrying Khatab al-Qahtani, Fateh...

The screams of a dozen Syrian and Palestinian children pierce the air of a community center in Lebanon's Shatila refugee camp. Yet the children are not hurt. They are yelling to express the anger and fear they feel as victims of conflict in special "peace education" classes. "We don't...