The Islamic State group declared a new leader Thursday after it confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi days earlier in a U.S raid in Syria. In its audio release by the IS central media arm, al-Furqan Foundation, a new spokesman for IS identifies the successor as Abu Ibrahim...

At least five civilians, including two children, were killed in Russian airstrikes in the Idlib de-escalation zone of Syria on Thursday, according to the Syrian civil defense agency. Mustafa Haj Yousuf, head of the White Helmets in the northwestern Idlib province, said three civilians,...

North Korea fired two projectiles, which Japanese authorities said appeared to be ballistic missiles, into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan on Thursday, according to the Japanese coast guard and South Korea’s military. The two “unidentified projectiles” were fired...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A father and hid child son were killed Thursday in Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafranbel as regime forces backed by Russia have been mobilizing troops in the southern countryside of Idlib, seeking to take the last rebel stronghold near coastal Latakia province,...