BEIRUT (AFP) - At least 40 Kurdish fighters and Islamic State group jihadists have been killed in clashes for control of a strategic town in north Syria, a monitor said on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported that 11 civilians were killed in a...

(Zaman Al  Wasl )- A ceasefire reached Sunday between the  Nusra  Front and Sham al- Rasoul  brigade in suburbs of  Babila  and Beit  Sahm  south of Damascus after two days of fierce infighting that killed dozens of fighters and civilians,...

(Zaman Al Wals)- At least 2000 people, mostly women and children, have fled the northeastern countryside of Hasakah province as Syrian regime forces and Kurdish militia fight separate battles with ISIS, an activist said. Kalil Khatouni, local activist, told Zaman al-Wasl that more than...

The U.S. ambassador to Yemen will track Yemeni events from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia following last month's closure of the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. The choice of Jeddah reflects logistical and security concerns as well as a desire not to...