Truthout3d
Genocide Drove the Yazidi From Their Homeland. A Decade Later, Some Are Returning.
ISIS wrecked 80 percent of public infrastructure and 70 percent of civilian homes in Sinjar City and surrounding areas.
LA Times on MSN14d
In Syria, the fighting is over, but a resource-rich region is left in limbo
Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.
‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists
Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...
Asia News1d
Mosul regains its minaret. Abp. Moussa: a new culture, fanaticism will not return.
The al-Nuri mosque has been restored to its former glory thanks to the work financed by UNESCO together with the restoration ...
The Gazette14d
In Syria, the fighting is over, but a resource-rich region is left in limbo
Residents, many of whom have returned to homes that are little more than ... new Syrian government would take responsibility for ISIS prisoners. All that would allow the U.S. to cut ties with ...
Exclusive: Syrian Kurdish forces oppose handing jihadist jails to Islamist rulers
India, the No. 2 importer of crude from Russia, wants to buy Russian oil only if it is supplied by companies and ships that have not been sanctioned by the United States, the country's oil secretary ...
The New Yorker24d
A Witness in Assad’s Dungeons
A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...
New Haven Register15d
Islamic State members held for years in a Syria prison say they know nothing of the world
The detainees are “a literal and figurative ‘ISIS army ... by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group. Inside the cells, the men wait for word on their own fate. A British prisoner from London ...