In the Syrian capital, Damascus, the country’s new leader has hosted a national unity conference and welcomed foreign dignitaries as crowds gather at cafes, speaking out freely for the first time in decades. But 400 miles away in northeastern Syria, a region beyond the control of the Damascus government, battles that have been going on … Read more
President Trump’s sweeping executive order to halt foreign aid threatens to freeze a U.S. program supporting security forces inside a notorious camp in the Syrian desert that holds tens of thousands of Islamic State members and their families, Syrian and U.S. officials said. The order has also wreaked havoc on another U.S. organization in Syria … Read more
They’d choose the women who were pretty and suited their appetite … … then the officer would take one of them from the cell to a smaller, private room.” “They would sexually assault them there.” CNN Special Report Covert testimonies reveal sexual assaults on male and female activists as a women-led uprising spreads By Tamara … Read more