(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 21 fighters from the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been killed and 3 held captive in an Isis offensive on SDF stronghold south of al-Shadadi town in Hasaka province, activists said. Local sources said clashes erupted between Isis and PYD-led SDF...

 Egypt will reduce spending on fuel subsidies by nearly 43 percent in the 2016/17 budget due mainly to lower global energy costs, officials said Saturday. Finance Minister Amr al-Garhy told a news conference state energy subsidies would fall to 35 billion Egyptian pounds ($3.94 billion)...

Rebels seized a town in southern Syria from groups loyal to Islamic State just a day after fighters captured another town from the hardline militants in a separate insurgent assault in the north, a rebel source and a monitoring group said. The rebels had by late on Friday taken...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A military source gave Zaman al-Wasl names of regime army pilots who committed Deir al-Asafir massacre ten days ago that left 32 people killed, mostly women and children, east of Damascus. The army officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the perpetrators of the...