Syrian regime troops seized a suburb of the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Sunday, tightening the noose around Islamic State, a Syrian military source said. The army pushed into the city this month with the help of Russian air power and Iran-backed militias, breaking an Islamic State...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian refugee camps in Arsal in Lebanon started school year Saturday for the three school levels: primary, intermediate and secondary school. Administrative clerk in Qaryat Hayat School Ibrahim al-Sheikh mentioned that the number of Syrian students enrolled in the...

North Korea said on Saturday it aims to reach an “equilibrium” of military force with the United States, which earlier signaled its patience for diplomacy is wearing thin after Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan for the second time in under a month. “Our final goal is to...

First signs of open scepticism appeared on Saturday over a European Union plan to raise the tax bill of digital multinationals, as some finance ministers from smaller EU states raised concerns about the economic impact. France is pushing for a new way of taxing online giants on the...