Russia's FSB security agency said Friday it had detained seven nationals from Central Asia who were "preparing terrorist attacks" in Saint Petersburg, which suffered a metro bombing in April 2017. Those held were suspected of planning to hit "the railway system and major public gathering...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Southern Front, key rebel alliance in southern Syria, denied any support or engagement in local peace initiative with Israel, according to the spokesman and sources. A five-point paper called Golan Peace Initiative and secret visit to Israel were the latest debate...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A barrage of US-led coalition airstrikes and Kurdish militia artillery killed 48 people and wounded 40 more in Raqqa province, local monitoring group said Thursday. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently said the aerial and ground bombing of ISIS-held Raqqa city left about...

 An Iraqi army division trained by American forces summarily executed prisoners in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, calling for U.S. assistance in suspending the unit. The latest report of executions comes after the release of videos allegedly shot in the Mosul area that...