Headlines
  • Spain defeats Argentina in the final to win their second World Cup.
  • Bahrain's interior ministry reported that its air raid sirens had sounded overnight on Sunday and Monday.
  • During what U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) called "a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone" in northern Iraq on Saturday, one American service member was killed and another was injured.
  • Three missiles launched from Iran struck various parts of Jordan, according to a statement posted by the army online on Sunday.
  • On Sunday, the International Atomic Energy Agency said that it was "looking into reports of an overnight attack on the construction site of a planned nuclear power plant in Darkhovin, Iran," following allegations of a U.S. strike on the facility made by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.
  • Early on Sunday morning, a shooting in Tucson, Arizona, left nine people injured, the alleged gunman was shot by police and sent to a nearby hospital with life-threatening fatal injuries.

Tag: Syrian Conflict

January 18, 2019

US Syria Withdrawal Risks Vital Strategic...

The U.S. withdrawal from Syria may bring to a close an open-ended and strategically unclear military commitment, but it will also likely put at risk vital national security interests

January 14, 2019

Focus on Refugees: Syrian Refugee Printer...

Anass Mousa worked for 15 years as a printer in Syria before war turned him into a refugee. He landed in Croatia, finding a job with the country’s oldest printing house and helping the company face a severe labour shortage

January 12, 2019

Refugee Children Effected by Storm in...

Heavy rain, strong wind, snow and cold temperature led to floods, loss and destruction of assets and displacements in many regions, especially affecting coastal and mountain areas

January 11, 2019

Severe Weather conditions Have Affected Refugees...

The heavy rains of Storm Norma left their mark. Over 360 informal settlements were affected. Over 60 tents have been damaged in the Dalhamiya settlement alone

Who Controls Idlib?

HTS is the strongest jihadist group in the province. Hurras al-Deen is an offshoot branch of HTS with links to al-Qaida and the Turkistan Islamic Party, which is made up mostly of Chinese Uighur militants

January 8, 2019

UNHCR Provides Emergency Aid to Syrian...

In Lebanon, life is a daily struggle for more than a million Syrian refugees, who have little or no financial resources. Around 70 percent live below the poverty line. There are no formal refugee camps and, as a result, Syrians are scattered throughout more than 2,100 urban and rural communities and location

December 31, 2018

Syria Deaths at Wartime Low in...

Fighting died down in much of the country after President Bashar al-Assad’s forces defeated rebels in bloody battles around the capital and southern Syria, bringing just over 60 percent of the country back under his control. Of the 20,000, only 6,500 were civilians

December 29, 2018

US-Backed Forces Pursue IS in E....

With the new advancement of Kurdish-led forces into Hajin, in eastern Syria, thousands have fled their homes in Islamic State-controlled pockets

December 28, 2018

Children in Conflict

The futures of millions of children living in countries affected by armed conflict are at risk, as warring parties continue to commit grave violations against children, and world leaders fail to hold perpetrators accountable – UNICEF said

December 24, 2018

For Widad Alghamian Vienna Looks Like...

Widad’s family is among thousands of refugees making Vienna their home, and the city is helping to welcome them

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