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As Obama accomplished policy goals, his party floundered

In boasting about his tenure in the White House, President Barack Obama often cites numbers like these: 15 million new jobs, a 4.9 percent unemployment rate and 74 months of consecutive job growth. There's one number you will almost never hear: More than 1,030 seats. That's the number of...

Defying pressure, U.S. lets U.N. denounce Israeli settlements

 The United States on Friday allowed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, defying heavy pressure from long-time ally Israel and President-elect Donald Trump for Washington to wield its veto. A U.S. abstention paved the way for...

PYD-led forces raid houses of Thuwar Raqqa leaders

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Kurdish PYD militia attacked headquarters and houses of leaders belong to Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa to force the mostly tribesmen group to comply by PYD policies before the start of Raqqa battle against the Islamic State, sources said. A military source talked to...