Hundreds of thousands of civilians could be cut off from food if Syrian government forces encircle rebel-held parts of Aleppo, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning of a massive new flight of refugees from a Russian-backed assault. Syrian government forces, backed by...

Two former SS men will go on trial this month for their alleged complicity in the murder of thousands of people at Auschwitz, as Germany accelerates its bid to prosecute ageing Third Reich criminals. Reinhold Hanning, 93, faces court in the western town of Detmold from Thursday, charged with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  ISIS is preparing for a major offensive against Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S-backed alliance of Kurds and Arabs, in al-Shadadi town south of Hasakah province, Syria's Local Coordination Committees revealed. LCC said it was informed that a meeting took place in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State took four villages on Monday from a U.S.-backed alliance of Arabs and Kurds in the western countryside of Hasakah province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl.   ISIS fighters who engaged in fierce fighting with Syrian Democratic Forces in Jabal Abdul Aziz region...