PARIS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - French fighter jets struck targets in Iraq on Thursday and the United States and its allies stepped up air raids in Syria against Islamic State militants who have taken over large areas of both countries. France's strikes were...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Reuters)- Syrian regime armed forces overran rebels in a town northeast of Damascus on Thursday, strengthening President Bashar al-Assad's grip on territory around the capital, Reuters said. The town - Adra al-Omalia - is about 30...

(Reuters) - The Lebanese army said one person was killed and two wounded during a search for suspected militants at refugee camps near the border with Syria , and security sources said the number detained in the past two weeks had reached about 450. The army has been stepping up...

  U.S. military forces and Arab partner nations targeted 12 ISIS-controlled modular oil refineries in eastern Syria on Wednesday, officials said. Coalition forces also took out one vehicle linked to ISIS in the strikes, which involved Saudi Arabia and...

(Reuters) - Syrian government forces overran rebels in a town northeast of Damascus on Thursday, strengthening President Bashar al-Assad's grip on territory around the capital. The town - Adra al-Omalia - is about 30 km (19 miles) from central Damascus but far from parts of...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States designated two dozen individuals and groups as foreign terrorists or terrorist facilitators on Wednesday, enabling it to freeze assets and block financial transactions as it stepped up its offensive against Islamist militants in Syria....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebels have terminated an intractability carried by prisoners in Idlib province against death verdicts set by Shariah Authority, no casualties reported, activists said. The Islamic Authority, which runs judiciary and prosecution...

(Reuters) - U.S. planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance in a Kurdish area where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and captives beheaded. U.S. President Barack Obama ,...

Reporting by Maher Radhwan, Writing to Zaman English by Dani Murad HOMS (Zaman Al Wasl)- As the bitter conflict in Syria continues, we weren’t surprised when it came to our knowledge that in addition to the bread crisis for two weeks in...

(Al Arabiya News)- Syrian singer and celebrity Assala Nasri had her Syrian passport revoked by Lebanese authorities on Wednesday and is considered under “house arrest” in the country, the country’s National News Agency reported. The agency, quoting one of its correspondents,...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday the legitimacy of U.S. air strikes against Islamic State are in doubt because of the lack of approval from its ally Syria, where some of the strikes are being carried out, and the United Nations. "There...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Asiya Ummi Abdullah doesn't share the view that the Islamic State group rules over a terrorist dystopia and she isn't scared by the American bombs falling on Raqqa, its power center in Syria. As far as she's concerned, it's the ideal place to raise a family. In...

President Barack Obama called on the world Wednesday to join the US-led coalition to defeat jihadists in Iraq and Syria. "The United States of America will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of death," Obama told the UN General Assembly. "Today I ask the world to...

  Reporting by Mohamed Al Faris; Writing to Zaman English by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A member of the investigation committee for measles vaccine case that caused death of 36 children last week, revealed that staff of “Jerjanaz” vaccination...

(Zaman Al Wasl- EA World View)- Opposition activists are claiming a new regime toxic gas attack, this time on Adra, 12 miles north of Damascus. They claim seven people have died. The Syrian military has stepped up bombardment of Adra, taken by...

(Reuters) - The United States informed Iran in advance of its intention to strike Islamic State militants in Syria and assured Tehran that it would not target the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a senior Iranian official told Reuters. The communication,...

Reporting by Faris Al Rifai; Writing to Zaman English by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)-   Activists have circulated on social media photo for Mahmood Jomaa. the 3-month-old infant who was killed with his mother by U.S.-led airstrikes on Idlib...

(Reuters) - Air strikes overnight hit Islamic State-held territory in Syria near the Turkish border, near an area that tens of thousands of Kurds have fled as the militant group advanced, an organization that tracks the Syrian war said on Wednesday. Rami Abdulrahman, who...

Writing to Zaman English by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- All have been waiting the outcomes of the US-Arab alliance strikes on Islamic State for Iraq and al-Sham “ISIS” while US planned to hit another Islamic group adopts Jihad principles, but different...

A Syrian rebel group that has reportedly received weapons from the United States criticised air strikes Tuesday by a US-led coalition against jihadists in the war-torn country. The Hazm Movement, in a statement posted on their Twitter account, said the strikes would undermine...