For Yazidi survivors of Islamic State killings, the nightmares go on
As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to announce the demise of the Islamist group in Syria and Iraq, many of those it displaced in the latter country have not returned home
Twin blasts in rebel-held Syrian city Idlib kill at least 15
Many of the casualties were civil defence workers who reached the site moments before a second explosion nearby
IS 'caliphate' on brink of defeat in Syria as Trump urges Europe to do more
'In the coming few days, in a very short time, we will spread the good tidings to the world of the military end of Daesh'
Islamic State's 'caliphate' on brink of defeat in Syria
The victory will bring the jihadist group, whose self-proclaimed caliphate once stretched across swathes of Syria and Iraq, to the brink of total territorial defeat
U.S. derides Venezuela's accusation of lacing aid with poison
Maduro accuses Washington of seeking a coup to take over the OPEC nation's oil wealth
New UN Syria envoy seeks Syria constitution talks, no firm timeframe
Formation of a constitutional committee is key to political reforms and new elections meant to unify Syria and end an almost eight-year-old war
Knock-on effects of war kill 300 babies every day - charity
A fifth of all children worldwide lived in a conflict zone in 2017, 30 million more than the year before and the highest number since 1990
Three Syrians arrested in Germany and France for suspected crimes against humanity
It is the first such arrests in Europe against suspected figures in Syria's feared security service
EU asylum applications fall to below half crisis peak
The asylum figures peaked at 1.4 million and 1.3 million in 2015 and 2016
Lawmaker who changed Jordan's rape law takes on child marriage
Nearly 10,500 girls in Jordan were married before reaching their 18th birthdays in 2017