(Reuters) - Interpol voted on Wednesday to admit the State of Palestine as a member over Israeli objections at the international police organization’s general assembly in Beijing. The decision came despite Israeli efforts to delay a vote and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a...

Thousands of people took to the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to bury a soldier whose beheading by Islamic State has come to symbolize the righteousness of Iran’s military involvement in Syria. In what has become an iconic image on Iranian media, 25-year-old Revolutionary Guard...

 Islamic State militants holed up west of Baghdad launched their biggest attack on Iraqi troops in months on Wednesday, security sources said, killing at least seven soldiers before being forced to retreat. The fighting, near the city of Ramadi in Anbar province, continued for...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources said rebel groups operating in southern Daraa province have agreed to open strategic Nasib border crossing with Jordan, following a deal with Russians includes a prisoner swap. Representatives of rebel factions said before that the crossing will...