Migrants held on the Greek islands Lesbos and Chios live in "appalling" conditions with little access to legal aid or information about their fate under a European Union agreement that will send some back to Turkey, Amnesty International said on Thursday. Under a deal between...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army fighters on Thursday have recaptured Sahm al-Goaln town from Islamic State-linked groups in the western countryside of Daraa as clashes enter its third week in the southern province, activists said. The Yramouk Martyrs Brigade and key ally al-Muthanna Movement...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Reuters)- ISIS fighters have kidnapped 300 cement workers in an area northeast of Damascus where the militants launched an assault against government forces this week, Syrian state television said Thursday. The workers and contractors of Al Badia Cement company were taken from...

U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday he would travel to Damascus and Tehran and meet other regional officials to seek a common understanding on Syria's political transition, delaying the start of a round of peace talks by two days. De Mistura said he had already...