Syrian regime army and its allies took control of the main water pumping station for Aleppo at al-Khafsa near the Euphrates on Tuesday after ISIS fighters withdrew, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition group, said. The army and its allies, backed by Russian air power,...

Iraqi forces said Tuesday they had seized the main government offices in Mosul and its famed museum as they made steady progress in their battle to retake the city's west from jihadists. News of the advances came on the third day of a renewed offensive against the Islamic State group in west...

By Abdullah Ghadawi (Zaman Al Wasl)- Members of the opposition's negotiating committee disagree among themselves about how to evaluate the results of the fourth round of the Geneva Peace Talks. The disparity in their positions appeared clearly as some consider the talks resembled those that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian activist and journalist presented a legal case before a Turkish court against the pilot Mohammad Fayad Soufan who parachuted into Turkey after his fighter jet ran out of fuel several days ago. Qutayba Yassin, the activist, filed the case on the basis the pilot...