Russian and Syrian jets stepped up their bombing of a Daesh bastion along the Jordan-Israel border in southwestern Syria, as the militants pushed into areas abandoned by other rebel groups, diplomatic and opposition sources said. Daesh-affiliated forces entrenched in the Yarmouk Basin,...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- After seven hours of being held by a Shiite militia at the gate of central Homs city, 55 evacuation buses have continued their way to northern Idlib province, activists said Sunday. Asaeb Ahll al-Haq has blocked the evacuation route of hundreds of rebels and their...

Jordan has allowed the UN to organize the passage of some 800 members of the White Helmets civil defense agency for humanitarian reasons, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said.  According to a Saturday statement, ministry spokesman Mohamed al-Kayed said Amman responded to a request...

Britain said on Saturday it had arrested Akin Ipek, a Turkish businessman accused of links to US-exiled preacher Fethullah Gulen, following an extradition request from Turkey. "We can confirm that Mr Ipek has been arrested in relation to an extradition request from Turkey," a Home Office...