(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army fighters took ground from Islamic State-linked groups in the western countryside of Daraa on Sunday as clashes enters third week in the southern province, activists said. FSA seized control of Masaken Jillin, former military housing, form the Yarmouk Martyrs...

 Fishermen in Gaza can now sail farther from the coastal territory after Israel expanded the fishing zone on Sunday. COGAT, the Israeli defense body that handles civilian issues with the Palestinians, announced the new easing of restrictions on its Arabic Facebook page. About 60 boats...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday said he took offence at U.S. President Barack Obama slamming eroding press freedoms in Turkey, expressing sadness that the comments were made behind his back. "I am saddened that these kinds of comments have been made in my absence," Erdogan told...

Syrian troops on Sunday seized the key Islamic State group bastion of Al-Qaryatain, dealing the jihadists a new blow in the country's centre a week after expelling them from Palmyra, state television said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group however said fighting was still...