(Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish-led Syria Democratic Forces on Monday took three villages from ISIS near the group's self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa city, sources said. The SDF captured villages of Traikiya, Bayoud, and al-Takmani in the western countryside. Backed by the the U.S.-led...

Oman said it received 10 inmates from the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay Monday, as outgoing President Barack Obama looks to reduce the number of prisoners there before leaving office. Neither the sultanate's foreign ministry nor the US defence official who confirmed the transfer...

(Al-Monitor)- When 2016 was drawing to a close, Moscow surprisingly agreed to divide Syrian warring factions into “good” and “bad” guys and to recognize the idea of the “moderate opposition.” On Jan. 10, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the preparation of talks between...

U.N. experts monitoring sanctions against Sudan say the 13-year conflict in the Darfur region is now limited to the Jebel Marra area following the government's successful counter-insurgency strategy against two rebel groups. The experts said in a report to the U.N. Security Council...