Kurdish militia launches assault to evict Syrian army from key city of Hasaka
The fighting in Hasaka marks the most violent confrontation between the Kurdish YPG militia and Damascus in more than five years of civil war
Kurdish militia launches assault to evict Syrian army from key city of Hasaka
The fighting in Hasaka marks the most violent confrontation between the Kurdish YPG militia and Damascus in more than five years of civil war
Syrian rebels prepare to attack Islamic State town from Turkey
Capture of Jarablus would frustrate Kurdish hopes to expand further in the area
Brother of Syrian boy pictured in Aleppo dies of his wounds
The older brother of the Syrian boy whose image, dazed and bloodied after an air strike, shocked people around the world, has died in Aleppo from wounds sustained in the same incident, a war monitor and a witness said.
Kurds vs Syrian army battle intensifies, complicating multi-fronted war
U.N.'s World Food Programme says only two weeks' worth of food in Aleppo
ANALYSIS-Justice elusive for slain aid workers on front lines of crises
A decade ago 17 aid workers were executed outside their office in Sri Lanka at point-blank range in one of the worst attacks on humanitarians
Three Syrian children drown when boat sinks off Libyan coast
Bodies were recovered about 22 nautical miles from Libya when the small vessel packed with 27 Syrians flipped over and sank
German conservatives call for partial ban on face veil
Veils discourage integration -state interior minister
Fearful of bombings, Syria's communities refuse new hospitals - charity
Syrian American Medical Society said it backed off from plans to set up hospitals after pressure from the local population