ALEPPO (Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia on Friday has stepped up its devastating air strikes on the rebel-held areas in northern Aleppo province, killing12 civilians in strikes focused on the two main hospitals of Azaz town, local reporter said. Two children and one woman were among the casualties....

Indonesian forces are mobilizing for a manhunt in steamy jungles on the far-flung island of Sulawesi to flush the country's most-wanted man from his hideout and deal a pre-emptive blow to Islamic State. The real threat could be much closer to home. Militant leader Santoso, the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian fighter jets have killed 10 civilians, mostly drivers, on Thursday in an attack on a fuel convoy in the northern countryside of Aleppo, local reporter said. Russia's vacuum missile attacks have targeted the convoy between the towns of Ehrus and Harbel near the Turkish...

(The Wall Street Journal)- The Obama administration pursued secret communications with elements of Syria’s regime over several years in a failed attempt to limit violence and get President Bashar al-Assad to relinquish power, according to U.S. and Arab officials. Early on, the U.S....