(Bloomberg)- A new military strategy to meet President Donald Trump's demand to "obliterate" the Islamic State group is likely to deepen U.S. military involvement in Syria, possibly with more ground troops, even as the current U.S. approach in Iraq appears to be working and will require fewer...

In the days before the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Al-Bab fell, Umm Abdo's family sheltered underground both from the bombing and from jihadists themselves looking for somewhere to hide. In a narrow rubbish-strewn street lined with broken and blackened stalls, the 30-year-old mother...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime airstrikes on Monday have killed 19 people in Ariha, less than 48 hours since 15  people lost their lives in aerial bombing on the northern town of Idlib province, local activists said.

(The Guardian)- If they are lucky, Ahmad and his family in the Yarmouk refugee camp will have one meal today: two plates of rice cooked with undrinkable water. Others will have to do with less, perhaps a bowl of spiced water that doubles as a form of soup that will do nothing to ease the...