(Writing by Zaman Staff; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The nightmare of indiscriminate recruiting for mandatory and reserve military service has been circulating around Syria within few days. Regime started procedures of...

(Reuters) - In recent weeks, the world has watched the battle to save Syria’s border town of Kobani from Islamic State. But the radical jihadists have for longer been engulfing another strategically more vital target - Iraq’s western Anbar province and its road to Baghdad....

(Reuters) - Hurricane Gonzalo slammed into Bermuda on Friday, knocking out most of the electricity as it lashed the tiny Atlantic island chain with pounding surf, torrential rain and howling wind, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. The strongest storm to sweep...

(Reuters) - American-led forces have sharply intensified air strikes in the past two days against Islamic State fighters threatening Kurds on Syria's Turkish border after the jihadists' advance began to destabilize Turkey . The coalition had conducted 21 attacks on the...