China's first aircraft carrier will carry out drills in the Western Pacific, in what the navy called part of routine exercises, amid renewed tension over self-ruled Taiwan that Beijing claims as its own. The navy said in a statement late Saturday the Liaoning, along with its accompanying...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS killed 18 Syrian soldiers and allied militiamen in a series of attacks near Tayfur military airport in the eastern countryside of Homs province, the group's Amaq new agency said Saturday. Saturday's death toll come after 27 more fighters loyal to Bashar al-Asssad...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS killed 27 Syrian soldiers and allied militiamen in a series of attacks near Palmyra in the past 24 hours, activists said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ISIS began launching attacks on regime forces and their allies Thursday night and...

(Toronto Life)- When Jim Estill decided to sponsor 50 Syrian refugee families, he didn’t tell anyone about it at first—not his accountant, not his friends, not even his wife. It was the summer of 2015, and the death toll in Syria had reached a quarter of a million people, while another four...