Syrian regime troops on Sunday seized a military academy south of Aleppo city, once again encircling the rebel-held districts in the east and placing them under siege, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said government forces backed by Syrian and...

Mother Teresa of Calcutta, known as the "saint of the gutters" during her life, was declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Francis on Sunday, fast-tracked to canonization just 19 years after her death. Tens of thousands of pilgrims packed St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army backed by Turkish jets on Sunday has taken four villages  from the Islamic State near the Turkish border, activists said. FSA's remarkable advance in the northern countryside of Aleppo city came as part of Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield to clear...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stressed that a political solution for Syria and stability in the civil war-torn country are necessary for an effective fight against Daesh, during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China. Turkish...