A U.S.-backed Syrian force is expected to declare victory in the northern city of Raqqa days after it said it cleared it from members of Daesh (ISIS). The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces is scheduled to hold a news conference at noon Friday during which the city will be declared...

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering tightening the vetting process for women and children seeking to enter the United States as refugees, a proposal that if adopted would bring security checks closer to those for adult men, three sources with knowledge of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Firas Mustafa Tlass, Syrian business tycoon, has been arrested on Tuesday by the UAE security over working as a broker between ISIS and the giant Cement group LafargeHolcim including oil and toxic gas purchases, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. Maher Sharaf...

A Saudi official has visited northern Syria with a U.S. envoy to discuss reconstruction of Raqqa, which Kurdish and Arab militias backed by a U.S.-led coalition, captured from Islamic State on Tuesday, an adviser to the militias said. Saudi Gulf Affairs Minister Thamer al-Sabhan visited...