Translation by Yusra Ahmed HOMS (Zaman Al Wasl)- Harvesting Caper berries and caper flowers “capers” known as “kabbar or Shaflah” in Homs’s local area, has finished in the Eastern North Countryside of Homs, after long and hard work for more than 3 months. The...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines is investigating the involvement of Filipino Islamists in the three-year civil war in Syria after two locals were reported killed fighting for Islamic State militant group, an intelligence official said on Saturday. A senior police...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Al Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front and other Islamist fighters have taken full control of a border line dividing Syria from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights after capturing many villages in the area, activists said. The fighters,...

With momentum building for international military action against Islamist extremists in Syria, the United States reiterated Friday it will not coordinate with strongman Bashar al-Assad in the effort. "The answer to the security challenges is not the Assad regime," State...