(Zaman Alwasl)- As radical Islamic State group inflicts humiliating defeats on Bashar al-Assad’s armed forces east Syria, pro-regime activists’ rage has been sparking through social media, turning their anger on Assad’s military leadership. The execution of scores...

(AFP)- Syrian government forces on Friday bombarded the Jubar eastern district of Damascus in a fierce offensive aimed at wresting control of the key sector back from rebels, multiple reports said. Jubar has been in insurgent hands for a year, and is strategic because it provides...

DALLAS (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky pounced Friday on President Barack Obama's "we don't have a strategy yet" comments about the violent militant faction attacking cities in Iraq — but other potential Republican 2016 presidential hopefuls laid off...

Iran is now in the final months of extended negotiations with   Western countries on the future of its nuclear programme; talks that could reshape the geopolitical equation in the Middle East. But as the violence continues to smolder in neighbouring Iraq and Syria, and...