Israel is assisting Syrian Kurds battered by a month-old Turkish incursion, seeing them as a counterweight to Iranian influence and advocating for them in talks with the United States, the deputy Israeli foreign minister said Wednesday. Ankara launched its assault targeting the Kurdish YPG...

Britain's five-week election campaign officially began Wednesday, when Parliament was dissolved ahead of the December 12 vote. However, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s campaign launch was marred by the resignation of one of his ministers, a gaffe about the victims of a deadly tower blaze and a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has extended its control on the town of Kafr Takharim in northern Idlib province on Wednesday, following a 'surrender’ deal with rival jihadist group, accoridng to Zaman al-Wasl sources. Fighters of the former al-Qaeda group...

Suspected separatist insurgents stormed a security checkpoint in Thailand's Muslim-majority south and killed at least 15 people, including a police officer and many village defence volunteers, security officials said Wednesday. It was the worst single attack in years in a restive region...