(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State ambushed Syrian regime forces in the eastern countryside of Raqqa on Friday, killing 7 troops and taking three more captive, the militant group’s news feeds said as U.S.-backed forces advanced in the city.   ISIS said it had attacked the regime...

Fighters from Saraya Ahl al-Sham, a Syrian rebel group, will start on Saturday to pull out of an enclave in Lebanon on the border with Syria along with some civilians, a senior Lebanese security official said on Friday. About 300 fighters, along with their families and some other...

(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...