(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 regime troops have been killed by the Islamic State near the ancient city of Palmyra, local reporter said Tuesday. ISIS has stormed the regime bastion in Tallit al-Sawana northwest of Palmyra in the Syrian desert. 13 forces were killed and dozens...

Rome mayor Virginia Raggi, a prominent member of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, has asked the government not to send any more asylum seekers to the capital, saying it is already groaning under the strain. The request was made public on Tuesday, after 5-Star took a drubbing at local...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime army has made a sudden advance against Islamic State in the desert area west of Raqqa, a military media unit run by its ally Hezbollah said on Tuesday. Syria's vast deserts have become the main theater of war in recent weeks as rival forces race to...

The United Nations has only limited access to besieged areas of Syria, and humanitarian supplies -- even diapers -- which make it through are often looted by the country’s military, according to a UN coordinator.  Speaking exclusively to Anadolu Agency, Kevin Kennedy said the UN was...