A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance pushed closer to Raqqa in Syria while Iraqi forces seized a key town near Mosul as offensives progressed against the two ISIS strongholds. After announcing the launch of the long-awaited assault on Raqqa on Sunday, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance...

(The Guardian)- Dr Zaher Sahloul has worked in Aleppo and seen the horrific affect of airstrikes. He says incidents like that which left Omran Daqneesh stunned and bloodied are all too common in a city under siege The pictures of the injured five-year old Omran Daqneesh have shocked the...

(The Daily Star)- The Kremlin said Monday Russia's air force would stick to the cease-fire in Syria's Aleppo unless militants launch an offensive. "The (Russian) president deems a regime when Russian air forces don't carry out strikes on eastern Aleppo as reasonable if militants don't start...

(The Daily Star)- The United Nations is investigating claims that up to 32 civilians were killed in a U.S. airstrike in the volatile Afghan province of Kunduz last week, calling any loss of civilian life "unacceptable." The strike early last Thursday triggered angry protests in Kunduz, with...