Syrian government and opposition delegates to peace talks in Geneva on Saturday warned of the impact on negotiations after a day of violence in Syria that included jihadist suicide bombings and missile strikes by the air force. The United Nations opened the peace talks with a symbolic...

By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- An exclusive video footage obtained by Zaman al-Wasl shows the artifacts of Palmyra Museum that were displayed in its halls and courtyards and those stored in the museum warehouse. The footage was filmed in spring 2015 while the Islamic State forces...

(Washington Post)- For complicated reasons to do with war and politics, the only way in and out of the enclave controlled by Syria’s Kurds is on a rusty iron boat that ferries passengers across the Tigris River from Iraq. Late last year, photographer Alice Martins and I boarded one of those...

 U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into western Mosul Saturday after retaking the city's airport from ISIS and punching into built-up areas of the extremists' last major stronghold in the country. Troops advanced in several more populated, built-up southern districts and about...