The Trump administration is considering sweeping sanctions aimed at cutting North Korea off from the global financial system as part of a broad review of measures to counter Pyongyang's nuclear and missile threat, a senior U.S. official said on Monday. The sanctions would be part of a...

The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Russia was setting up a military base in northwestern Syria under a bilateral agreement and will help train its fighters - a step that would anger Turkey as it tries to block Kurdish gains near its borders. The Russian defense ministry, however, said it had...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- A former detainee held in the regime intelligence branches recounted stories of her detention in various branches which lasted for 24 months. Hanadi al-Hussein was distributing aid in a besieged area on 05 October 2012, and when she left the area, she was...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Islamist Failaq al-Rahman rebel group, in statement issued Monday, said at least 39 regime troops have been killed in its surprise attack on northeast Damascus. The regime army drove rebels back by nightfall and began a fierce bombing campaign on Monday morning,...