According to the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR, more than 70,000 Kurdish refugees are rushing towards the Turkish borders following news from Syrian and Turkey Kurdish fighters that Islamic State (IS) militants are closing into the Kurdish safe zone. Villages conquered by the IS towards the village were described as “genocidal operations.” A Kurdish commander…
Germany is the newest country to join in contributing to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile, which had become a major issue in the Syrian civil war, which had lasted for more than two years. Germany’s response to a UN help request includes burning the destroyed weapons at a government facility in the town of Muenster…
Syria’s years-old civil war had taken greater tolls on civilians rather than any other faction in the war. Almost 11,420 had died in the clashes between the government and opposition. By the end of 2013, the Oxford Research Group in London estimates this number is so far the number of children who had been hit…
Iran, the strongest regional ally of the Syrian regime, continues to support the Syrian government by supplying it with food and aid. However, the United States accuses Iraq of allowing Iran to use its airspace to help deliver military weapons and equipment to the Syrian regime. Iraq states that the U.S. must provide evidence first…