Global soccer governing body FIFA said Saturday it had fined World Cup hosts Russia 10,000 Swiss francs ($10,098.97) after their fans displayed a discriminatory banner during the country's 3-0 loss to Uruguay. Russia play Spain on Sunday after the country reached the World Cup knockout...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime media are reporting that airstrikes are targeting southeastern parts of southern Daraa province, ahead of a new offensive there. State-run TV says the offensive aims to cut supply lines between eastern Daraa and rebel-held parts of the provincial...

At least 29 people were killed over the past 24 hours in attacks carried out by the Assad regime in Syria’s southern Daraa province.  On Monday evening, the regime and its allies launched a ground offensive -- supported by Russian air power -- following four earlier attempts to...

   At least 45,000 people have fled fighting in Syria's southwestern Daraa province, heading towards the border with Jordan, the United Nations said Tuesday. Jens Laerke, spokesman of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that civilians...