Fatma Tanis

Turkey is expected to play a major role as the new government takes over ruling Syria. Turkey had shown tacit support for groups fighting the Assad dictatorship.

The Kurdish coalition that controls a third of Syria and helped the US fight ISIS is facing a new reality after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. NATO ally Turkey sees them as a threat and is demanding the dismantling of Kurdish militia (YPG). And some of the majority Arab civilians who live in Kurdish controlled areas want to be governed by the rebels that took Damascus instead.

Turkey is set to have significant influence in Syria after Turkish-backed rebels defeated the Assad regime. We look at what Turkey's goals are in the region and what challenges it may face.

A study shows that of the one in eight children in several African countries who have asthma, the vast majority are undiagnosed and therefore untreated.

A U.N. report shows rates are rising despite efforts for more severe penalties for targeted murders of women. The majority of female homicides are committed by an intimate partner or a family member.

In his last term, Trump reinstated the "Mexico City Policy," which prohibits groups receiving U.S. aid from offering or discussing abortion. This time he may even expand the policy.

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese, fleeing civil war, arrive in Chad hoping for safety and food. What they find, however, is there just isn't much food. Many refugees are suffering from malnutrition.

The refugees escaping the civil war in Sudan recount the violence which took the lives of many men and boys. That violence, they say, was directed towards those of particular tribes and skin colors.

Tens of thousands of Sudanese have fled civil war and are crossing into Chad for safety. At the border, we hear from people — mostly women — on what they've seen and experienced that forced them to leave.

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees have fled to Chad, where they're facing increasingly difficult conditions as their presence strains local resources and humanitarian aid organizations.