(Zaman Al Wasl)- Governor of Homs ordered to halt salaries of 2500 teachers in rebel-held areas of the war-torn province. The arbitrary decision issued under pressure of Syrian intelligence to increase the suffering of people...

(Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish forces have blunted but not broken the siege of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a week after arriving to great fanfare with heavy weapons and fighters in a bid to save it from Islamic State. Kobani has become a test of the U.S.-led coalition's...

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq , roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground to advise and retrain Iraqis in their battle against the militant group Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Friday. Obama's...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday named Mohamed Hekmat Walid as a new leader, source told Zaman al-Wasl. Walid, 70 year-old, is a veteran physician with PHD degree and member of the General Secretariat of opposition's...