(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces on Thursday have killed 6 civilians in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs in a new violation to the Russian-brokered ceasefire, local activist said. The strikes hit Hammouriya suburb east of Damascus, leaving 20 more people wounded.    Thursday...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia’s airstrikes in support of regime forces have killed seven people and wounded ten more in Aleppo province, local reporter said Thursday. The aerial attack targeted Darret Azza town in the western countryside of Aleppo. In its turn, regime forces have captured...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has rarely appeared in public since a crippling stroke in 2013, is doing "very well", the country's prime minister said Thursday. Speculation has mounted about the veteran president's health since he suffered a bout of bronchitis in February,...

Iraqi forces aim to dislodge ISIS militants from west Mosul within a month, despite gruelling urban combat in densely populated terrain, the head of the elite Counter Terrorism Service told Reuters on Thursday. As Iraqi forces advance deeper into west Mosul, they are facing increasingly...