( The Guardian )- Emmanuel Macron, the new French president, has warned that France would respond immediately to any use of chemical weapons in Syria, while urging a closer partnership with Russia in fighting Islamic State (Isis) in the country. “A very clear red line exists on our side...

By Abdullah Ghadawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 15,000 students have been studying in the universities of  the opposition-held areas in Aleppo and dlib, according to the Interim Minister of Higher Education. Abdul-Aziz al-Daghim said despite the security condition,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition airstrikes killed detainees held by ISIS in the western countryside of Raqqa on Saturday as the radical group defies Kurdish warning to surrender by the end of May, activists said. The strikes hit an ISIS prison in al-Mansoura town, leaving dozen killed and...

France's new President Emmanuel Macron will hold delicate talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday with the two countries harboring longstanding differences over Ukraine and Syria. Coming just three weeks after an election in which the Kremlin was widely seen as backing...