Syria's President Bashar Assad said President Donald Trump's ban on Syrians entering the United States targeted terrorists, not the Syrian people, appearing to defend the logic of the measure in an interview broadcast Thursday. Trump last month issued an executive order, since suspended by a...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- The Fifth Legion, or Faylaq al-Khames, the regime's newly-formed reservists faction, has urged university students to join its ranks to get benefit of a package of merits and money. The legion leadership distributed their statement on university campuses and on the offices of...

Of all the ramifications of the Brexit vote, the fate of the Shetland Islands in the North Atlantic and their oil fields and fisheries may not top the list for negotiators in London and Brussels. But the prospect of a new bid for Scottish independence as Britain leaves the EU is making some...

A South Korean court began deliberating on Thursday whether to issue an arrest warrant for a Samsung heir in connection to a massive corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of the country's president. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong walked into the Seoul Central...