(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces carried out heavy bombardment Friday of a rebel-held district on the eastern edge of the capital in support of advancing troops, an activist and monitor said. Ain Terma lies in Eastern Ghouta, the largest rebel enclave around Damascus, which is part...

Two Iraqi journalists working for Hona Salaheddin television in a village south of Mosul were killed by Daesh (ISIS), the channel said Friday, as reports emerged of a fresh Daesh counterattack in Mosul. Daesh infiltrated Imam Gharbi, the village south of the city, earlier in the week,...

The U.N.'s migration agency said Friday it has suspended operations in two camps near the embattled Iraqi city of Mosul that host nearly 80,000 displaced Iraqis due to security concerns. The International Organization for Migration announced the temporary suspensions at the Qayara air strip...

Pakistan's oil and gas regulator on Friday ordered a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell to pay about 257 million rupees ($2.4 million) in damages and compensation for a tanker explosion that killed more than 200 people. The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has held Shell Pakistan Ltd...