(Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-backed Syrian forces pressed slow gains against Daesh in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, local activist said Saturday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, have seized a neighborhood in the town of al-Bagouz...

Government forces killed five rebels during a gunbattle in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir on Saturday, triggering violent anti-India protests in the disputed Himalayan region. Indian troops laid a siege around a southern village in Qazigund area overnight on a tip that...

A helicopter carrying security forces crashed in western Afghanistan, killing all five people on board, including the pilot, officials said on Saturday, but ruled out a militant attack. A wave of assaults by Taliban militants in recent weeks has forced Afghan and foreign forces to make...

Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Syria's last remaining stronghold to protest against a potential full-fledged offensive by regime forces and their allies. Friday's demonstrations took place, day and night, in more than two dozen towns and villages in Idlib, a...