(Zaman Al Wasl)- Residents of opposition-held areas have rallied after Friday Prayers, calling for the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad amid fears of a Russian-American deal to keep him in power.   The demonstrations have recalled the first days of Syrian revolution that erupted in March...

The Philippines will cull at least 400,000 birds after confirming its first bird flu outbreak, but says no animal-to-human transmission has been reported. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol says he has ordered all fouls within a kilometer of six affected farms in northern San Luis town...

Turkish police on Friday detained 42 people over suspected militant links in operations across two separate provinces, security sources said and media reported. Police detained 22 suspected Daesh (ISIS) militants in operations across the eastern province of Elazig, security sources said....

( The Guardian )- Concerns are mounting over the civilian cost of the US-led coalition’s campaign to reclaim Islamic State’s de facto capital of Raqqa, with reports of airstrikes killing and wounding hundreds of Syrians.  The reports, which cannot be definitively confirmed but are...