(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's Hemeimim base in coastal Latakia city indicated on its Facebook page the possibility of a new agreement (ease of tension) in Eastern Ghouta in Damascus countryside. According to the base, the agreement aims to "stop the bloody battles between the conflicting...

( Al-Monitor )- A State Department review that faulted the agency for failing to comply with its own policies for overseeing bomb disposal grants in Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan won’t impact ongoing efforts to remove improvised explosive devices left behind by the Islamic State (IS),...

( The Guardian )- Concerns are mounting over the civilian cost of the US-led coalition’s campaign to reclaim Islamic State’s de facto capital of Raqqa, with reports of airstrikes killing and wounding hundreds of Syrians.  The reports, which cannot be definitively confirmed but are...

Ratcheting political tensions between the United States and North Korea sent European shares south on Wednesday, with all major benchmarks and sectors in the red and investors rushing to gold, while strong results from Scout24 and Novo Nordisk shone. The pan-European STOXX 600 fell 0.5...