U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi forces plan to launch an operation in  Mosul  as early as April to retake the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, a U.S. official said Thursday. U.S. troops have been engaged in a months-long...

Reporting by Mohamed al-Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Christian community was extremely provoked after arresting the prominent religious figure Gabriel Dawood and his bodyguards in the Christian neighborhood in the city of...

Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many activists of the General Authority for Palestinian Refugees within the Interim Government have collectively resigned as a protest against violations within the Authority...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islam Army’s media center said 30 members of the Syrian regime army were killed by the rebel group in Tal Kurdi district near Damascus on Thursday. The media center posted online footage showing bodies of slain soldiers,...