The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special session on the worsening situation in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday after a formal request from Britain, a United Nations statement said. Britain made the request on behalf of a core group of 11 Western and Arab countries,...

This farming village east of Mosul was turned into a bunker during more than two years of Islamic State rule: A network of tunnels and cramped living quarters betrays an extremist group increasingly forced to operate underground by a punishing air campaign and mounting territorial losses....

(the guardian)- More than a third of almost 300 female students abducted by Islamic militants from a school in Nigeria two-and-a-half years ago appear unwilling to leave their captors, a community leader has said. Nigeria’s government is negotiating the release of 83 of about 190 girls from...

Turkish jets will continue to take part in the air operation backing Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga to retake Iraq's second city of Mosul from jihadists after the defence minister said late Tuesday Ankara had agreed a deal with its coalition partners. "We have agreed with coalition...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 6 people, including woman and two children, have been killed in regime air strikes on the besieged northern countryside of Homs city, local reporter said Tuesday. The regime warplanes have carried out 4 raids on the towns of Talbiseh, Zafraneh, leaving 6 people...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's fighter jets using vacuum missiles hit a hospital in northern Idlib province, causing huge destruction in the only medical center in Serja town, local activists said Tuesday. 5 medics have been wounded in the attack on al-Iman hospital east of Jabal al-Zawiya area,...

U.S. President Barack Obama lacerated Donald Trump on Tuesday over his repeated assertions that the Nov. 8 election is rigged against him, telling the Republican presidential candidate to "stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes." With opinion polls showing him falling further...

Swiss champions Basel have a respectable record in Europe in recent seasons and fancy their chances of springing a surprise when they face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday. “We have not come to Paris to take selfies,” warned Basel’s Ivory Coast midfielder Geoffroy...

An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison on charges of cooperating with the United States, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, the latest sign of an intensifying crackdown against Iranians with ties to the West. Iran's Islamic...

(The Daily Star)- A drone strike killed eight suspected members of Al-Qaeda in south Yemen late Tuesday, security sources said. The strike hit two vehicles carrying the suspected militants in Shabwa province, killing six instantly while two died later of their wounds, the sources said....

(The Daily Star)- The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special session on the worsening situation in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo Friday after a formal request from Britain, a United Nations statement said. Britain made the request on behalf of a core group of 11 Western and Arab...

(The Daily Star)- International aid groups including the Red Cross said Tuesday they were preparing for the possible use of chemical weapons in the battle for the Iraq city of Mosul. Iraqi forces backed by an international coalition are making gains in their advance on the city, the last...

(The Daily Star)- The Syrian army Tuesday accused the U.S.-led coalition of planning to allow ISIS militants to flee Iraq's city of Mosul across the Syrian border, saying it would confront this attempt with all its means. A statement by the army command said the plan entailed securing roads...

(Eqtsad) Entering Turkey is considered one of the biggest difficulties which many Syrians face as the border closure has cut off their means of reaching safety, and separated families between those in Syria and those in camps, provinces of cities in Turkey.  Syrians face a situation...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- 5 civilians have been killed and scores injured on Tuesday by vacuum missiles targeted besieged eastern Aleppo neighborhood and similar bombing targeted towns in the countryside injuring many, local sources reported. Zaman al-Wasl reporter in Aleppo said the Russian warplanes...

Iraqi and Kurdish forces closing in on Mosul said on Tuesday they had secured some 20 villages on the outskirts of the city in the first day of an operation to retake what is Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq. With around 1.5 million people still living in Mosul, the...

The United Nations said on Tuesday that Russia's plan for a ceasefire will not mean any supplies get into besieged eastern Aleppo because Russia, Syria and other groups fighting in the city have not yet given guarantees of safety for aid workers. Syria's government would also need to...

(TASS)- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem will pay a three-day visit to Moscow at the end of October, Syria’s ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad told TASS. "We have sealed an agreement on that. In late October, Muallem will come to Moscow on a three-day visit," the diplomat said. "He is...

(Bloomberg)- Vladimir Putin’s backing for the relentless air bombardment of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo has provoked some foreign governments to accuse Russia of carrying out indiscriminate attacks on civilians. The U.S. and some European Union countries including Germany are considering...

Reporting by Tareq Haj Bakri (Eqtsad)- The Syrian regime has already started the plan for the demographic change in Syria, the same is being done in coastal city of Latakia, especially in the neighbourhood of the opposition. In hot areas like Homs, Daraya, Qudsaya, the regime used bombing,...