US-backed fighters fought pitched battles Sunday with Islamic State group jihadists inside their Syria bastion Raqa, an AFP correspondent said. The Syrian Democratic Forces, the Arab-Kurd alliance, first entered Raqa two months ago and have since captured more than half of the northern city,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by allied militias took 12 villages from the Islamic State east of Raqqa in a week of clashes, local activists said.    The regime army is racing with the US-led forces to capture territory from ISIS since both side have reached the...

Ame is taking a break. After four months of going into Caracas streets to demonstrate against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, she is frustrated and discouraged by the unending political crisis. This weekend, she ignored a call by the opposition for yet another rally, one that attracted...

President Donald Trump on Monday will order his top trade adviser to determine whether to investigate Chinese trade practices that force U.S. firms operating in China to turn over intellectual property, senior administration officials said on Saturday. The move, which could eventually lead...