Over 100 fighters were killed in clashes Thursday between regime and militant-led forces in northwest Syria, as violence raged on the edge of an opposition bastion despite a September truce deal. In nearby Afrin, a car bombing killed 13 people in the latest violence to hit the city that...

Three Iranian vessels tried to block a BP-operated tanker passing through the Strait of Hormuz but backed off when confronted by a Royal Navy warship, the UK government said on Thursday. Britain urged Iran to “de-escalate the situation in the region” after the British Heritage, a...

Thousands of mourners, including relatives of the victims, are gathering for a commemoration on the 24th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, the worst mass killing in Europe since World War II. The ceremony at a memorial site near Srebrenica Thursday will include the burial of 33...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At last 11 civilians were wounded in car bomb blast in northeastern  Hasaka province, State-run news agency reported  Thursday . The attack took place near the church of the Virgin Mary in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli, according to SANA. ...