Reporting by Mohamed AL Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime has intensified efforts to recruit young men in its armed forces or its backed militias in Hasaka province northeast Syria. There was weak...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Saturday that his country will provide humanitarian and military aid to Middle East countries to the tune of $2.5 billion in the coming phase. "This aid will be directed to improve infrastructure and military fields," Abe remarked...

Insulting sacred symbols of all religions should be a crime in France, the director of the Union of Islamic Organizations of France told The Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview Saturday. Abdelkebir Kotbi’s comments came after 17 people were killed in two Paris attacks in...

(Reuters)- Syrian Kurds battled on Saturday with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, Kurdish sources and a monitoring group said, breaking a longstanding tacit agreement between the two sides to focus on other enemies in a complex civil war. In...