A bomb exploded next to a convoy of the deputy chairman of the Pakistan Senate Friday in the violence-plagued province of Baluchistan, killing at least 25 people, officials said. At least 35 people were wounded in the blast near the town of Mastung, 50 km (30 miles) from the provincial...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters launched surprise attack on regime forces and allied militias in the northwestern Hama province overnight, killing and wounding 28 troops, pro-regime news feeds said Friday. The attack took place north of Salamiyya city near a highway links...

By Josh Rogin ( Washington Post )- President Trump’s Wednesday meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the White House was not primarily about sanctions or Crimea or even Russian interference in the 2016 election. According to Trump, the U.S. government now looks favorably...

( The Guardian )- Doctors in Syria have turned to crowdfunding in a desperate attempt to keep makeshift hospitals running in caves and underground. Rules governing how aid budgets are spent have tied up funding, forcing medics to seek alternative means of building and reinforcing the...