(Middle East Eye)- Two Syrian children who have become powerful symbols of their homeland's conflict met on Saturday, vowing that "the war will not stop us" in spite of the horrific violence around them. Seven-year-old Bana al-Abed - whose Twitter account gave a tragic description of...

Iraqi forces launched an offensive on jihadists defending Mosul's west bank Sunday, in what could be the most brutal fighting yet in a four-month-old operation on the city. "Our forces are beginning the liberation of the citizens from the terror of Daesh," Iraqi Prime Minister Haider...

Kenyan police have arrested two Kenyans who were deported from Turkey on suspicion of training with ISIS in neighboring Syria, officials said Saturday. Philip Tuimur, the regional police boss for Kenya's coastal region, said the man and woman were under investigation for joining a banned...

Iraq's U.S.-backed offensive against ISIS in western Mosul could displace up to 400,000 civilians and involve a siege in the densely populated old city, the United Nations' Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq said on Saturday. The military and security forces last month recaptured the eastern...