(Zaman Al Wasl)-  Syrian regime and its Iran-backed allies step up aerial bombing on the rebel-held Aleppo province despite a ceasefire deal brokered by Russia and Turkey 6 days ago, local reporter said. The pro-regime Iranian and Iraqi militias have positioned near Khanaser town in...

The United States is encouraging Syria peace talks being prepared later this month in the Kazakh capital Astana and hopes they could produce a step toward peace, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday. "We're encouraging a meeting in Astana. We hope that could produce a step...

Three inmates from the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay arrived in Saudi Arabia Thursday, after the White House rejected President-elect Donald Trump's demand for a freeze on transfers. An AFP reporter saw the three prisoners after they landed at a terminal normally reserved for royals...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish-led Syria Democratic Forces on Thursday thwarted ISIS major attack on two villages near Euphrates dam northeastern Syria after three days of fierce fighting amid reports of heavy losses from both sides, the U.S. backed group. The coalition of Kurdish and Arab fighters...