Pro-Syrian government forces reached the only main road into the rebel-held part of Aleppo on Sunday, further tightening their control around opposition areas of the main northern city. "It's completely cut," Zakaria Malahifji of the Aleppo-based rebel group Fastaqim, told Reuters. A second...

The U.N. is set to host a second day of talks on Libya Sunday with the aim of creating a "unified" army in a country wracked by internal divisions and an extremist threat. The organisation brokered a power-sharing deal last year to form a Government of National Accord (GNA), but the body is...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Dozens of civilians were injured and killed by shooting of people celebrating the Turkish coup in Latakia, Tartus, Homs and countryside, and suburb of Damascus loyal to Assad’s regime. Loyalists’ Facebook pages mentioned that heavy shooting took...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Death toll from deadly air strikes on northern Aleppo province rose to almost 60 people, local activists said Saturday as regime warplanes stepped up aerial offensive on rebel-held areas. Regime strikes hit the neighborhoods of al-Maadi, al-Mughayer, Bab Hadid, Bab...