(Reuters) - Kurdish militia backed by U.S.-led air strikes are making rapid advances against Islamic State forces in rural areas around Kobani after driving the group from the Syrian border town last week, the Kurdish militia and a monitoring group said on Monday. A spokesman...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights recorded 931 government airstrikes and 1083 barrel bombs on towns across Syria in the month of January 2015. At least 271 civilians were killed, including 50 children and 37 women while at least 1000 were wounded.  The regime first...

(Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday said his left-wing government would make full use of a mandate for negotiations with European partners and ruled out seeking aid from  Russia . "We are in substantial negotiations with our partners in Europe and those...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The political body of the National Coalition has requested Hisham Marwa to communicate with the Canadian body that replied the message sent by the Embassy of the National Coalition in Doha in regard to renewing the expired...