(Zaman Al Wasl)- Heavy clashes reported in the southern countryside of Idlib province between regime forces and Turkish-backed factions as Damascus mobilizes troops to invade the town of Kafranbel, local activists said Sunday.  Bashar al-Assad’s forces have captured three...

Around 10,000 protesters marched through the central German town of Hanau Sunday to mourn the nine people who were killed by an immigrant-hating gunman four days ago. "These days and hours are the blackest and darkest our town has ever experienced during peace times," Hanau mayor Claus...

 Several Turkish troops were wounded Sunday in Syria's Idlib province after Syrian regime forces targeted a Turkish military convoy with heavy artillery, prompting it to retreat northwards, the Syrian Observatory monitoring group reported. Turkey has sent thousands of troops to...

Mobile phone services were restored across swathes of Taliban-contested areas of Afghanistan over the weekend as a partial truce with the militants held for a second day. The Taliban, US and Afghan forces are currently overseeing a week-long "reduction in violence" that kicked off on...