US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday warned there was "a lot more work to do" for a ceasefire in Syria, as Kurdish-led forces seized a key town from the Islamic State group. "Everyone recognises the complexity of this endeavour, and there is certainly a lot more work to do,"...

(The Guardian)- A Syrian journalist who was raised in Britain, and who has been living for five years in Turkey, was detained by the Turkish immigration authorities on Wednesday (17 February) after applying for residency. The reasons for the arrest of Rami Jarrah are unclear although a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces and Russian warplanes have renewed the aerial and ground attacks on the Turkmen-dominated village of Harbanfaseh town in Hama province, residents said Friday. Russia warplanes conducted at least 20 raids on rebel-held areas in Homs and Hama in the past 24...

U.S. warplanes carried out air strikes early on Friday morning in the western Libyan city of Sabratha, where Islamic State militants operate, killing as many as 40 people. A U.S. military spokesman said the attacks targeted a senior Tunisian militant linked to attacks in Tunisia...