(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Western-backed FSA faction attacked regime bastions in the Syrian desert after bombing its outposts near the Jordanian border early Tuesday, press offcier said. Usoud al-Sharqiya, which is the largest group operating in the Syrian Desert bordering Jordan, has attacked...

ISIS has issued a video showing the beheading of what it described as a Russian intelligence officer captured in Syria, the U.S.-based SITE monitoring website reported on Tuesday. The Russian Defense Ministry and the FSB security service were not immediately available for comment. The...

South Koreans headed to voting stations on Tuesday to elect a new leader, with a strong turnout suggesting voters are eager to move on from a corruption scandal that brought down the former president and shook the political and business elite. Unless there is a major upset, liberal Moon...

( Middle East Eye )- A green steel barrel loaded with explosives and petrol and crammed with bullets, screws, off-cuts from broken machinery - anything metal and sharp - lays bare the crudeness and cruelty of a war in which hundred of thousands have died. But this "barrel bomb" is far from...