BEIRUT: Zakaria al-Omar was walking through Beirut when a stranger robbed him at knifepoint, a desperate crime of a kind that has become increasingly common...
BAGHOUZ, Syria: At a clinic in eastern Syria, Daesh (ISIS) have fled leaving a floor strewn with medical supplies - but also explosives and a foreign...
OMAR OIL FIELD, Syria: Among thousands fleeing the crumbling dream of a Daesh (ISIS) "caliphate" in eastern Syria are survivors of some of the militant...
BAGHOUZ, Syria: On a rooftop near the front line with Daesh’s (ISIS) collapsing “caliphate” in eastern Syria, a U.S.-backed fighter and his comrades sip tea...
BAGHOUZ, Syria: A hesitation on a simple question or a callus on a trigger finger - it doesn’t always take much for U.S.-backed forces to spot potential...
BEIRUT: By reopening a key crossing with Jordan this month, the Syrian regime is inching toward a return to trade with the wider region as it looks to boost...
JAZRA, Syria: On a day off from the Raqqa front line, Syrian fighter Iskandar was busy chopping up chicken and garlic cloves for a steaming pot of home-cooked...
RAQQA, Syria: She was trafficked into Raqqa as a sex slave by Daesh (ISIS) but managed to escape. Now Yazidi fighter Heza is back to avenge the horrors she...
AIN ISSA, Syria: Under the rule of Daesh (ISIS, the self-anointed Islamic State group) a Syrian farmer named Faysal was forced to hide his sketches and...
RAQQA, Syria: While thousands of people scramble to flee Syria’s battle-torn Raqqa, members of the Sheikh Wais family bravely headed back in to recover...
AIN ISSA, Syria: In four years, Mohammad al-Hassan only heard his son’s voice once: when the young Syrian soldier called a radio show to send regards to his...
BEIRUT: The killing of Syrian rebel chief Zahran Alloush, fiercely opposed to both the regime and Daesh, has eliminated a key bulwark against the militants...
KHARTOUM: He may have easily secured another five years in power Monday, but President Omar al-Bashir still faces major challenges in solving Sudan’s economic...
OMDURMAN, Sudan: Battling division and government repression, Sudan’s opposition has launched a sit-in against elections expected to extend President Omar...