Entering Kocho now is like stepping back in time. The buildings which were once family homes, are in ruins. Personal belongings lie among the rubble – shoes, pans and picture frames, the remnants of ...

Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces described the attack as ‘one of the deadliest’ against it in a while.

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While Mosul was the de facto capital of ISIS in Iraq, its main capital was Raqqa in Syria. More from Risky Business Falah Hassan is a trained deminer who has removed some of the thousands of ...

as the city connects the two main Islamic State strongholds of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria. With Sinjar falling back under Kurdish control, the supply route used by ISIS between its two major ...

Sam Dagher was formerly a senior correspondent for The Wall Street Journal focused on Syria, Iraq and Iran. He has worked in the Middle East for more than a decade. He covered Syria starting in spring ...