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US: Fed raises interest rates

The Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate as widely expected, the Federal Market Open Committee (FOMC) announced Wednesday.  At the conclusion of a two-day meeting, Committee members voted unanimously to raise the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to a target...

US-led airstrike kills 19 civilians in northeast Syria

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A US-led coalition airstrike on a village in northeast Syria held by Islamic State militants killed at least 19 civilians, mostly family members, monitoring and local activists said Tuesday.  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes...

Daesh attacks in Syria signal further violence

Daesh (ISIS) may have lost most of its territory in Syria but recent deadly attacks against pro-regime fighters are a foretaste of more to come, analysts say. Despite pro-government forces ousting Daesh from urban centers in eastern Syria last year, surprise raids there in past weeks have killed...