(Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes intensified Tuesday between the US-backed forces and Daesh (ISIS) in eastern Deir Ezzor province as the Kurdish-led fighters press to uproot the militants from their last pockets near the Iraqi border, local activists said.  The fighting took place in...

Turkey's National Defense Ministry on Tuesday evening said the first batch of U.S. army personnel have arrived in Turkey to join training for a joint patrol activity in Manbij, Syria. A statement on the ministry's official website said efforts to start the training are ongoing....

A Syrian asylum seeker stuck in transit in Kuala Lumpur airport since March has been arrested by the Malaysian authorities who said he will be deported to his home country. Hassan al-Kontar, 36, attracted world attention when he started posting videos of his life stranded at KLIA2, the...

Over the last two days, three Russian Air Force An-124−100 Ruslan cargo planes flew to Hmeimim airbase in Syria, reports Eurasia Daily. The planes flew over the Caspian Sea and then Iran and Iraq. According to the reports, seven more IL-76 military cargo planes landed in Hmeimim airbase...