(Zaman Al Wasl)-  Four Mi-28NE “Night Hunter” helicopters left Hmeymim airbase in Latakia city for T-4 and al-Shuairat airbases eastern Homs province to back regime in its major military campaign against Islamic State near the ancient city of Palmyra, source told Zaman al-Wasl. The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels thwarted an attack launched by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in the northern countryside of Aleppo on Tuesday, killing 10 fighters and destroying a tank, opposition accounts said. The YPG-led alliance of Kurdish and Arab factions made rapid advances...

Hundreds of thousands of children in Yemen face life-threatening malnutrition and millions lack access to health care or clean water due to the year-old war there, the U.N. Children's Fund said on Tuesday. A UNICEF report also said all sides in the war had "exponentially...

A man thought to be strapped with explosives hijacked an Egyptian plane on a flight between Alexandria and Cairo on Tuesday and forced it to land in Cyprus, Egyptian officials said. After the EgyptAir plane landed at Larnaca airport, the hijacker released all the people onboard...