Greece Wednesday carried out the first relocation of asylum seekers from its territory to Luxembourg, part of an EU-approved plan to ease the burden on border nations inundated by this year's influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees. Six families from Syria and Iraq were being relocated from...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebels took a military base in the western countryside of Hama province after heavy clashes with Syrian regime troops, field activist told Zaman Al Wasl Tuesday. Rebels have seized Tal Othman base and the nearby village of  al Janabra, activist Mustafa Abu Arab said. The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 12 civilians have been killed in Russian air strikes hit rebel-held neighborhoods of the northern city of Aleppo, local reporter said Tuesday. The air strikes have targeted Aleppo's most populous neighborhoods of Bustan al Qasr and al Mashhad, leaving 12 people killed...

A U.S. fighter aircraft and a Russian fighter aircraft conducted a communication test in skies over south central Syria on Tuesday to validate safety protocols agreed between the two countries last month, a U.S. military official told Reuters. The U.S. military official, speaking on condition...

 Fifteen migrants suffering from hypothermia were found alive in the back of a refrigerated lorry in northern France after a blind search by emergency services triggered by a call from one of the trapped men. The authorities said they received a "strange call" around 0800 GMT from "a man...

Warplanes pounded ISIS's de facto Syrian capital Raqqa on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people including 13 militants, activists said. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that either Syrian or Russian warplanes are believed to have carried out the strikes. "Thirteen...

Russia's air force has flown 1,631 sorties and struck 2,084 militant targets since the start of its airstrikes campaign in Syria, Russian news agencies cited the defense ministry as saying Tuesday.

Syrian government officials and members of the country's splintered opposition could meet in Moscow next week as Russia pushes to broker a political solution to the crisis, a senior official said on Tuesday. "Next week, we will invite opposition representatives to a consultation...

Britain should not extend its air strikes against Islamic State fighters into Syria until there is a clear strategy to defeat the militants, a committee of British lawmakers said, dealing a blow to Prime Minister David Cameron. Cameron has said he wants to do more to tackle...

President Barack Obama said on Monday the planned deployment of dozens of U.S. special forces to Syria to advise opposition forces fighting Islamic State did not break his promise not to put "boots on the ground" in the Syrian conflict. "Keep in mind that we have run special ops...

A stateless child is born every 10 minutes, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that the problem has intensified as the conflict in Syria has sparked a global migrant and refugee crisis. A new report by the UN refugee agency highlights the long-term consequences of statelessness for...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebel factions led by Nusra Front have recaptured a two hills from regime troops and their allies in the southern countryside of Aleppo, activists said on Tuesday. Rebels and Nusra Fighters have recaptured al Baqara and Bunjaira hills, a move may hinder regime efforts to...

At least 16 people have been killed in Russian air strikes on central Syrian town of Qaryatain that was taken by Islamic State last August, activists said as army troops backed by their Shiite allies intensify attacks to halt ISIS gains in the southwest and east of Homs province....

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday Russia needs to help find a political solution in Syria and not simply support Syrian President Bashar Assad. "It really depends a lot on the choices that Russia makes about whether it is there to find the political solution or whether it is there...

SANLIURFA, Turkey (NBC News)- The double murder achieved its goal. It sent the message that, even here in the relative safety of Turkey, ISIS and its supporters can reach its critics. The bodies of 22-year-old Ibrahim Abdel Qader...

Iran said on Monday it would pull out of Syria peace talks if it found them unconstructive, citing Saudi Arabia's negative role, according to the ISNA news agency. "In the first round of talks, some countries, especially Saudi Arabia, played a negative and unconstructive role …...

Iran's clerical supreme leader said elections should be held in Syria to end the civil war there and criticized foreign powers that arm and fund Syrian opposition fighters, state television reported on Sunday. In an annual address to the Islamic Republic's top diplomats, Ayatollah Ali...

(Writing by Mohamed al Sharif; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Obada al Asemi,  a 20-year-old young man from Dael in Daraa, was targeted by a sniper where his back was injured. Because of lack of medical services in Daraa, he was transferred via mountainous route to Jordan, which worsened his...

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on Muslim supporters to band together to confront the threat from the West and Russia in Syria and Iraq, the latest recording suggesting greater unity between al Qaeda and Islamic State. "The Americans, Russians, Iranians, Alawites, and Hezbollah are...

The European Union Sunday said it was allocating an extra 28 million euros to Jordan to help it meet the urgent needs of Syrian refugees as winter sets in. EU humanitarian affairs commissioner Christos Stylianides made the announcement during a visit to the Zaatari camp in northern Jordan...