Syrian government forces are nearing the last major town held by Daesh (ISIS) in Homs province, part of their multi-pronged advance towards the extremist group's strongholds in the east of the country, a military source said on Thursday. The source said combat operations would accelerate...

 Israel overnight removed all security infrastructure it had put in place this month at Muslim entrances to the Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, stepping up its efforts to diffuse political and religious tension. The government had already dismantled metal detectors it...

( The New Arab )- Noor was studying architectural engineering at the University of Mosul when, on her daily commute from her home in Qaraqosh, a man stopped all the buses on the road, flailing his arms and screaming in distress.  It was May 2, 2010, and the subsequent explosion tore...

The Trump administration imposed sanctions on 13 senior Venezuelan officials as the country's opposition launched a two-day strike on Wednesday, heaping pressure on unpopular President Nicolas Maduro to scrap plans for a controversial new congress. Venezuela's long-time ideological foe the...