24/12/2015

By TIM ARANGO ISTANBUL — At Pages, a bookstore and cafe in a three-story wooden house in a tidy cul-de-sac up a hill in this city’s oldest quarter, a literary refuge has blossomed for young Arabs in exile — mainly Syrians but also Iraqis,…

BY JACK MOORE The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) lost more than a tenth of its territory in 2015 as offensive air and ground operations by the U.S.-led coalition, Syrian Kurdish fighters, Iraqi security forces…

The refugee crisis in Europe and the ongoing devastation in Syria gained worldwide attention in September when photos emerged showing a drowned Syrian boy, Alan Kurdi, lying facedown on the shores of Bodrum, Turkey. Alan's father is now…

Immigration minister says he's confident 'fundamental target' of 25,000 by end of February will be met Immigration Minister John McCallum says more than 10,000 Syrian refugees will have passed medical exams and other requirements to be…

Daraa Province: An old women, her disabled son and, three of his children, children from the same family and a man killed due to dropping barrel bombs on the town of al- sheikh Meskin located in the northwestern countryside of Daraa.…

Aleppo Province: Warplanes believed Russian carried out about 10 raids on the town of Khan al- Asal and the two areas of Jam’iyyat al- Kahrbaa and Anjara as well as places on Aleppo – Damascus highway around the town of Khan Touman, amid…

Homs Province: Warplanes believed Russian carried out 10 raids on IS-held city of Palmyra east of Homs, amid intense shelling by dozens of missiles on the city by the regime forces, no information about casualties so far.…

Lattakia Province: The violent clashes between the regime forces, Hezbollah and allied militiamen of Syrian and non-Syrian nationals against Jabhat al- Nusra the rebel and Islamist are still taking place in several areas in Jabal…

Rif Dimashq Province: 2 brothers from the town of Kanaker killed under torture inside the regime jails. A man from the town of Madaya died due to the poor healthy condition and shortage of food and medicines. Information…

Deir Ezzor Province: IS could seize the neighborhood of al- Sina’ah located in the east of Deir Ezzor city, while the regime forces exist on the outskirts of the neighborhood in al- Mahallat area, where IS could seize the neighborhood…