Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Syrian sources reported this morning (Sunday, 9 February) of Israeli airstrikes on the provinces of Damascus, Tartous, Daraa and Quneitra Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): Local sources in Syria reported ...

An Apache helicopter patrolled the outskirts of the city of Hassakeh as a heavily loaded pickup truck, filled with displaced ...

A bomb blast has killed at least five people and wounded seven in northeastern Afghanistan, local police report. The blast ...

Mohammad Khalawi explains the devastation of Syria’s Deir al-Zour province through the scars left by the many conquerors who passed through during 13 years of civil war. It was here in this ...

Afghan police say a suicide bomber has detonated an explosive device near a bank in northern Afghanistan, killing at least ...

She continued: "The humanitarian and security crisis continues in various Syrian provinces, which means that the ground reality has not seen significant changes, except that people now have greater ...

At least 15 people were killed and dozens wounded Monday when a car bomb exploded in the outskirts of a northern Syrian city ...

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Strike's main target in Somalia earlier this month was behind deployment of terror operatives to the US and Europe, according ...

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