In interview with VOA, SDF spokesperson confirms five IS fighters, two Americans, two Pakistanis, and one Irish, arrested on Dec. 30 during a special operation in eastern Deir el-Zour province
Oil workers recognize the risks that come with their profession, but they say unemployment forced them into it
Syria's seven-year civil war has allowed many Syrians to work in the oil sector, using rudimentary methods for refining. But locals complain that the practice has a major impact on their health and on the environment. VOA's Zana Omer reports from Tirbespi, Syria.
A new village has been built specifically for women in northern Syria's Rojava region. The name of the village is Jinwar, which means a place for women in Kurdish. It has 30 identical houses, each of which is made from red clay. VOA's Zana Omer visited the village and filed this report, narrated by Bezhan Hamdard.
Captured fighters continue to burden Kurds because their countries of origin refrain from dealing with citizens who joined terror group in Iraq and Syria
