(Zaman Alwasl)- The trauma of Tabqa airbase fall last Sunday by Islamic State group has been continued with tens of pleas by mothers and families of missing Syrian army soldiers who believed to be held captives by IS, which controls swathes of territory in...

High-ranking Saudi envoys held talks with the Qatari emir on Wednesday after months of strained relations over Doha's support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Libya and Syria. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, intelligence chief Prince Khaled bin Bandar, and...

An American woman has pleaded for the life of her journalist son, held hostage in Syria by the Islamic State group, just over a week after self-declared jihadists beheaded a fellow US reporter and threatened more murders. In a video released on Wednesday, Shirley Sotloff directly...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama faces a familiar question as he contemplates airstrikes in Syria: Should Congress have a say in his decision? Obama was barreling toward strikes last summer when he abruptly announced that he first wanted approval from congressional...