The U.S.-led coalition on Wednesday staged 16 strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting the against Islamic State militant group, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said. In a statement released on Thursday, the coalition said 15 strikes in Iraq centered on seven...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime allowed Wednesday fuel and gas trucks to enter besieged al-Waer neighborhood in Homs, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Three trucks loaded by fuel and 500 gas cylinders were entered to al-Awer in biding to the U.N.-brokered ceasefire reached last month....

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 53 people, mostly soldiers, were killed on Wednesday in the central province of Homs when a barrel-bomb factory exploded in a military base west of Homs city, well-informed source said. Regime forces and state-run media were very discreet over the huge explosion...

Internationally brokered talks between Syria's government and opposition groups due to start on Jan. 25 may be delayed, but major powers must keep up the pressure to bring participants to the table, the United Nations envoy said on Wednesday. A Syrian opposition council backed by Saudi...