February 2019

A human rights group closely monitoring the situation in Syria says the US-led coalition is seeking to have a number of ISIS commanders besieged in the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor hand themselves in so that it can take 40 tonnes of gold and…

The eight-year war in Syria has created new “alien” and unfamiliar social norms in the capital Damascus to replace thousands of years in traditions. A simple example is pedestrians who before the war were in the habit of greeting their…

Dozens of trucks arrived Tuesday at the outskirts of a besieged enclave held by the Islamic State in eastern Syria, signaling renewed efforts to evacuate hundreds of civilians trapped in the militants' last patch of territory along the…

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says she is concerned about the condition of some 200 families trapped in the last remaining area held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria. Michelle Bachelet says in a statement Tuesday…

The collection of tents was largely silent on a sunny winter Monday afternoon. Few people were visible, but the few out and about were calm: Two men in long robes and pants walked slowly together through the grass, a woman leisurely came…

Dozens of trucks arrived Tuesday at the outskirts of a besieged enclave held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, signaling renewed efforts to evacuate hundreds of civilians trapped in the militants' last patch of territory along…

Dozens of trucks arrived Tuesday at the outskirts of a besieged enclave held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, signaling renewed efforts to evacuate hundreds of civilians trapped in the militants' last patch of territory along…

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says she is concerned about the condition of some 200 families trapped in the last remaining area held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria. Michelle Bachelet says in a statement Tuesday…

THE International Rescue Committee says more than 60 people died in recent weeks after making their way out of the last area controlled by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria. Spokesperson Paul Donohoe said exhaustion and malnutrition…

The United Nations says it is concerned for 200 families who remain trapped in the last pocket of territory held by Islamic State in Syria. The civilians are being used as human shields by about 300 militants still holed up in a small area…