TEL RIFAAT, Syria (AP) — The long anticipated return home for residents of the Syrian town of Tel Rifaat, displaced since ...

This one was older, the other was younger," she said. Kerricha said members of the Defense Battalions, affiliated with Rifaat Assad, also detained her husband during the raids. “They took my ...

In December, during a lightning offensive by Syrian rebels that ousted President Bashar Assad, the tables were turned again as Turkish-backed rebels seized Tel Rifaat from the Kurdish-led Syrian ...