During a raid by US special operations forces in northwestern Syria on Thursday, the leader of the Islamic State terror group died. Carla Babb, a VOA Pentagon Correspondent, has more on the operation that killed Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, who blew himself up and his family to avoid being captured
Hospitals in the Idlib province, Syria’s last opposition-held area, are on the verge of collapsing, with doctors’ wages being slashed and numerous services being stopped due to severe budget shortages
Aid workers estimate that two to four children are abandoned every month in Idlib, the last Syrian province held by armed rebels fighting the Assad government. Poverty and terror, they claim, are pushing desperate parents to abandon their children in the hopes of finding a better future with strangers
The children of many displaced families in Syria are often doing dangerous, low-paying work as a means to survive because these families are neglected by governments and aid organizations
It’s already being called a humanitarian ‘catastrophe,’ and analysts say the fighting in Idlib, Syria is moving closer to more heavily populated areas. And while international aid organizations call for an immediate ceasefire
Displaced children and families are moving north toward safer parts of rural Idlib and Aleppo, taking refuge in schools, mosques, unfinished building and shops under rudimentary conditions. Thus, adding to their vulnerability and exacerbating their need for urgent humanitarian assistance as well as basic services, a need continuing to grow by the hour.
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
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