The assailant who car-rammed and stabbed pedestrians at Ohio State University Monday, injuring nine before he was shot dead by police, was a young man of Somali descent, U.S. media reported. CBS News quoted a federal law enforcement official as saying the suspect "has been tentatively...

The Syrian army and its allies announced the capture of a swathe of eastern Aleppo from rebels on Monday in an accelerating attack that threatens to crush the opposition in its most important urban stronghold. Two rebel officials said the insurgents, facing fierce bombardment and ground...

Syrian regime's Foreign Ministry on Monday denounced comments by Qatar that it will continue to back rebels against Bashar Assad as merely an attempt "to raise the morale of the terrorist groups" in the face of army advances. Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured in the village of Aynjara in Aleppo’s western countryside following aerial strikes by the Russian warplanes on Sunday afternoon.  The local coordination committees reported that the massacre came after the Russian...