The first indication that tragedy had stricken their loved ones came around 5:30 a.m. in urgent messages to the family’s WhatsApp group. A brother and sister, trapped inside a ski lodge in Turkey that had caught fire, were pleading for help. “Save us,” they wrote, their uncle, Ozgur Turkmen, said in a phone interview. “We […]

At least 10 people were killed and 32 others were injured on Tuesday after a fire broke out at a hotel with more than 200 guests at a skiing resort in western Turkey, the authorities said. The fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the town of Kartalkaya in Bolu Province took place over the […]

At least 10 people were killed and 32 others were injured after a fire at a hotel at a skiing resort in western Turkey, the authorities said. The fire at the Grand Kartal hotel in Bolu Province took place over the winter break for schools across the country, a time when families flock to skiing […]

But this elation, for Ahmad and Areej, does not — cannot — translate into an intention to return to Deir al-Zour, at least in the foreseeable future. ISIS has remained active in eastern Syria, and U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, who control large parts of the region, are currently clashing with the Syrian National […]