Major powers close to U.N.-brokered peace talks on Syria are discussing the possibility of a federal division of the war-torn country that would maintain its unity as a single state while granting broad autonomy to regional authorities, diplomats said. The resumption of Geneva...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels took ground form Islamic State in northern Aleppo province as the group retreated to favor of regime in the eastern countryside, activists said on Thursday. Faylaq al-Sham media officer told Zaman al-Wasl that rebels had seized control of Qara Kubri town near the...

The United States has carried out air strikes that it believes have degraded the chemical weapons capabilities of Islamic State in Iraq after using information obtained from a captured militant, the Pentagon said on Thursday. U.S.-led coalition forces detained Sulayman Dawud al...

(The Guardian- Kareem Shaheen)- Sick children dying as lifesaving medicine waits at checkpoints, youngsters forced to survive on animal feed and leaves, and families burning their mattresses just to find something to keep them warm. Schools moving underground for shelter from barrel...