(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 25 people on Thursday have been killed and dozens wounded in barrel bomb attacks on rebel-held town in southern province of Daraa, activists said. The aerial attacks that killed 25 farmers had targeted the main olive mill in Sheikh Miskeen town in Daraa. The United...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A powerful Syrian insurgent group said on Thursday it was studying a local ceasefire proposal tabled by an international mediator aimed at halting fighting near Damascus. Islam Alloush, spokesman for the Jaish al-Islam group, or Islam Army,  told Reuters the ceasefire...

n">The mobile messaging service Telegram, created by the exiled founder of Russia’s most popular social network site, has emerged as an important new promotional and recruitment platform for Islamic State. The service, set up two years ago, has caught on in many corners of...

Serbia and Macedonia have begun limiting the passage of migrants across their borders to Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans, turning back Africans and Asians, the United Nations said Thursday. A senior police source in Macedonia, who declined to be named, said Skopje had acted after European Union...