The streets of one of the first towns to rise up against the Syrian regime lie empty and broken after most of its residents fled an expected advance by Russia-backed Syrian forces. The retaking of Maraat al-Numan in Idlib province would be a deeply symbolic victory for the regime of...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's Air Force has been mobilizing heavy weapons and attack helicopters in Hama military airbase and in the eastern region of Idlib province as the Russian-backed offensive has uprooted a quarter million people of their homes and killed 100 people since mid-December,...

A massive car bomb exploded in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu Saturday, leaving at least 76 people dead and scores injured, an ambulance official said. The blast occurred in a busy area of the city where traffic is heavy because of a security checkpoint and a tax office....

The head of a hardline French trade union on Friday vowed to press on with a crippling strike that has dampened the festive season, with the stoppages becoming the longest-lasting such action since the 1980s. The strike against pension reforms championed by President Emmanuel Macron began...