The UN has carried out its first successful humanitarian airdrop in Syria, the organization said Monday. On Sunday, food packages from the World Food Program (WFP) were parachuted to the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, where 200,000 civilians have been besieged by Daesh forces since March 2014....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Regime forces to launch major offensive on rebel-held areas in northern Aleppo province that will be completely led by Russia, activists and rebel commanders said. Bashar al-Assad's Prime Minister, Wael al Halqi, said in a meeting with Russian parliamentarians,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State militants took back six towns from rebels near the border with Turkey on Monday, four days after losing it to a grouping of rebels, a monitoring group and activists said. The ultra-hardline Islamist group seized the town of al-Rai from factions fighting under the...

A rallying cry to Iraqi Sunnis from former President Saddam Hussein's top surviving aide aims to bolster the old ruling Baath party's appeal with Sunni Muslims fearing new reprisals by Shi'ite militias, experts said. They said the video released on Thursday could also contain a...