(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...

(Middle East Eye)- Yemeni rebels have launched one of their longest-range strikes against Saudi Arabia, firing a ballistic missile that was shot down near Mecca, the Saudi-led coalition fighting them said on Friday. The coalition has been carrying out a bombing campaign against the rebels...

 (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...

Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew says his side must maintain their concentration for the full 90 minutes this weekend or risk being punished by a confident Liverpool side. Palace have yet to keep a clean sheet in the Premier League so far this season and shipped three goals against...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Asayish, armed wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD)  forced Arab and Kurdish students last Tuesday to leave the private schools of Syriac Orthodox church, because it's not teaching Kurdish curriculum only, sources said. Local sources revealed that Asayish broke into...

(The Daily Star)- ISIS fighters slaughtered at least 232 people in and around Mosul last week as Iraqi troops advanced on the city, the U.N. rights office said Friday. "Last Wednesday 232 civilians were reportedly shot to death. Of these there were 190 former Iraqi Security Forces officers,"...

Euro zone economic sentiment was much better than expected in October driven by higher optimism in industry and services, a monthly European Commission survey showed on Friday. The Commission said the economic sentiment indicator rose to 106.3 in October from 104.9 in September, well above...

Like many women, Huda dreads her menstrual period every month. But it isn't simply inconvenient or painful: She lives under siege near Syria's Damascus, without sanitary pads or even clean water. "When feminine products started to become rare in 2012, I had a really hard time," says the...

(The Guardian)- The UN has hired scores of friends and political associates of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, as part of its relief operation in the country, according to documents leaked to the Guardian. The staff lists show that relatives of high-ranking ministers have been on the...

When Kashmir erupted in anti-India protests almost four months ago, 14-year-old Shazia Batool was sequestered at home — forbidden from venturing out as stone-throwing protesters faced off in street clashes with government forces and demanded an end to Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan...

Hani Salam escaped civil war in Syria and survived the journey from Egypt to Europe. But when he saw men with bushy long beards at a mosque near his current home in Cologne last November, he was worried. The men's appearance reminded him of Jaish al-Islam, the Islamist rebels who took over...

Syrian rebel groups on Friday have launched a large-scale offensive to break regime siege on the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city, activists and AP said.  

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkey has modified the rules of reuniting Syrians inside Turkey, officials of Bab al-Hawa border crossing mentioned. The administration of Bab a-Hawa crossing via Facebook statement said in parents cannot reunite their children over age of 18, adding that application to be...

Syrian rebels launched Grad rockets at Aleppo's Nairab air base on Friday, part of their preparations for a new offensive aimed at breaking the government siege of insurgent-held areas of the city, a rebel official and a monitoring group said. Zakaria Malahifji, an official with the Fastaqim...

 Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary groups are about to launch an offensive on ISIS positions west of Mosul, assisting in the military campaign to take back the city, a spokesman said Friday. The militias, collectively known as Hashid Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Forces, have...

(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 lured...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi promised on Thursday to amend a law that human rights groups say has severely restricted protest rights and hinted at possible pardons for young people imprisoned without conviction. Speaking at a youth conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, the former general...

(Independent)- A majority of British people would support further action in Syria to ease civilian suffering in war-ravaged eastern Aleppo, an exclusive poll shows. The BMG Research survey for The Independent reveals that 42 per cent would back either a no-bomb zone or no-fly zone over the...

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...

(Eqstad)- Property market in cities and towns in northern Aleppo countryside to unprecedented recovery following a long stagnation that has lasted four years. The thing which was enforced by expelling ISIS from the towns and villages in the countryside. Local sources in northern countryside...