(The Straits Times)- Atop the ruins of Syria's famed Palmyra theatre, recently recaptured from the Islamic State group (ISIS), teenage musician Angel Dayoub sings an old Arabic favourite: "We're coming back, oh love, we're coming back." The 15-year-old's voice floats over the ancient Roman...

Syrian farmers near the Euphrates river are terrified the Islamic State group will literally open the floodgates to defend its stronghold Raqa, drowning their tiny villages in the process. Water levels of the Euphrates, which snakes down through northern Syria and east into Iraq, have shot...

Tens of thousands of civilians have fled offensives against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, where the extremists are battling to keep what remains of their territory, the UN said Sunday. ISIS overran large areas of both countries in 2014, declaring a "caliphate" in territory it controlled, but the...

A four-year-old girl is dead and her eight-year-old sister missing after both were swept out to sea by a large wave in the southern French port of Marseille, a source close to the case said Sunday. The girls' father was also submerged by the stormy seas but survived after quickly being...