U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited Israel Friday for talks expected to focus on Iran, Syria and the two countries' close strategic relations despite recent tensions with Barack Obama's administration. Mattis held talks with Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman Friday morning, to be...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced $10 billion in deals between American and Indonesian companies during a visit to Jakarta Friday, as he pushed for greater access to Southeast Asia's top economy. Eleven deals were signed. Energy firm Exxon Mobil, General Electric, and aerospace giant...

The Syrian regime army advanced into the town of Taybet al Imam in Hama province on Thursday, expanding its territory along the strategic western highway between Damascus and Aleppo, the army and rebels said. The government forces were backed by heavy Russian aerial strikes across a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led Kurdish militia said in statement posted online it took four villages form the Islamic State in the northern countryside of Raqqa province. Backed the U.S. jets, the Syrian Democratic forces captured villages of Jarwa, Hattash, Bir al-Jarbou’ and Um al-Tanak,...