President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State in Syria and Iraq had put the militant group on the defensive, shrinking its territory and striking key leaders. "We have momentum and we intend to keep that momentum," Obama told reporters...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Parts of northern Hasaka province have been hit with flooding in the past two days, forcing evacuations and causing damage in houses and bridges, activist told Zaman al-Wasl. Activists Omar al-Shami said people of Tel al-Shayer, Haddaj and al-Tarraf villages have been...

Syria's parliamentary elections on Wednesday are a "sham" organized by "an oppressive regime," France's foreign ministry said, adding that viable elections could only take place after a political transition and new constitution. "France denounces this sham of an election organized by the...

Macedonian police fired tear gas on Wednesday to disperse around 50 migrants stranded in Greece who tried to pull down part of the razor wire fence separating the two countries, a Reuters witness said. Scuffles briefly broke out and Greek riot police later intervened to break up the crowd....