U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to Moscow this week will be an early test of whether the Trump administration can use any momentum generated by striking a Syrian air base to craft and execute a strategy to end the Syrian war. Even before Trump ordered last week's strike on the...

( The New Arab )- At least nine Yazidi women and children were rescued from Islamic State captivity in Syria's Raqqa, Kurdish officials said on Sunday. “At around 10:30 on Saturday night, five Yazidi children and four women were rescued,” said Hussein Qaedi from the Duhok-based KRG...

Ahmad Mustafa fled northern Syria to Turkey four months ago, badly injuring his hand along the way. But while the free healthcare he gets as a refugee is helping him heal, Mustafa and many of the nearly 3 million Syrian migrants who have fled to Turkey are gradually losing hope for their...

At least 25 people were killed and 60 injured on Sunday when an explosion rocked a Coptic church in Egypt's Nile Delta, state television reported, the latest assault on a religious minority that has increasingly been targeted by Islamist militants. There was no immediate claim of...