ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday rejected as “fake news” the reports in Indian media claiming transfer of foreign militants from Syria to India-held Kashmir for allegedly reinforcing the ranks of freedom fighters. “Pakistan completely rejects concoctions based on ‘fake news’,...

A successful peace process with the Taliban will allow the government to focus its resources on countering the Islamic State group and its attacks on soft targets, Afghanistan's national security adviser said Saturday. Afghanistan is grappling with a surge in violence that has worsened...

A landmine explosion Friday killed a civilian in northern Syria.  The landmine planted by the Kurdish YPG militia in a village in Ayn al-Arab district, detonated Nov. 13 when a farmer was reportedly working in the field, according to sources. Sheikh Nabi Hamo Bozi was...

   Russia seeks to broker a new reconciliation deal in southern Daraa province as the former deal that reached 30 months ago has come under constant violations by regime forces threatening to renew fighting in the cradle of the Syrian revolution. Sources told Zaman al-Wasl that...