(Zaman Al Wasl)- Bombardment by militias loyal to Bashar al-Assad killed at least 6 civilians, including two children and a woman, in Idlib province, activists said Saturday. The heavy artillery fire targeted the town of Khan Sheikhoun in the southern countryside of Idlib. Idlib...

US President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that the Islamic State group will have lost by next week all the territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria. The president told representatives of a 79-member, US-led coalition fighting IS that the militants held a tiny percentage of the...

Last summer, Vitaliy Ustymenko was brutally attacked by two men in broad daylight in an assault he believes was linked to his work as an anti-corruption activist in Ukraine. The number of such assaults on activists has soared, analysts say, as Ukraine struggles to rein in graft five years...

 Three British lawmakers on Monday endorsed reports that women activists detained in Saudi Arabia have been tortured, and said responsibility for what is likely a violation of international law could lie with “Saudi authorities at the highest level”.  The conclusions of the panel...