The Islamic State militants have abducted some 900 Kurds in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo over the past three weeks amid fierce fighting for control of a nearby IS stronghold, a Kurdish official and Syrian activists said Friday. The abductions began shortly after the predominantly...

Writing by Oqab Malek; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- A military source said Syrian Mig-21 was downed on Sunday due to technical failure and lack of experience of the pilot who was killed in the crash. Pilot Major Ayham Khadra from Kalamakhou in Qardaha city, home town of Bashar...

 Migrants rescued from two boats in the Mediterranean this week told humanitarian workers in Italy that they saw another vessel carrying some 400 migrants sink, Save the Children said on Saturday. Three vessels carrying migrants already are confirmed to have sunk or capsized this week....

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- An exchange deal of bodies and abductees was achieved within the last two days between the Syrian regime and rebels of North Countryside of Homs mediated by the Syrian Red Crescent in Homs and Hama provinces. The Red Crescent in Homs and the Civil...