(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels said 10 Iraqi Shiite militants were taken captive on Friday west of Aleppo city as rebels launch a large-scale offensive to break regime siege on the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city, Jaish al-Fateh said. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said rebel factions led by the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl- Reuters)- Syrian rebels began a major attack in Aleppo city on Friday with heavy shelling of regime-held areas after a weeks-long Russian-backed offensive against the besieged eastern districts, activists and monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that...

(The Guardian)- The British and French governments were accused of breaching children’s human rights as up to 50 teenagers were abandoned by authorities in Calais and forced into an industrial estate near the cleared-out refugee camp to sleep in makeshift conditions. The teenagers were...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that he had informed President Obama of Turkey's intent to participate in an offensive in northern Syria. His remarks are a reminder of the strategic conundrum facing the United States, which is working to defeat the extremist Islamic State in...