Pro-regime news sites mourned a brigadier general who was killed when his car was targeted by a guided missile in northern Idlib province on Friday. Informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl that Brigadier General "Haidara Nawras Othman", working in the ranks of the "Eighth Division" in the...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops are withdrawing from around Ukraine’s second-largest city after weeks of heavy bombardment, the Ukrainian military said Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow's forces engaged in a grinding battle for the country’s eastern industrial heartland. Ukraine’s...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rulers in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday unanimously appointed Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the autocratic nation's president, signaling both unity and stability in this key energy-rich country that hosts Western militaries....

َAbout 1000 cases of hepatitis have been recorded in the southern province of Daraa as a result of water pollution and the government's delay in addressing the pollution that occurred in drinking water since the beginning of last April, local news feeds said. The Daraa 24 network confirmed...