Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- “Cessation of Hostilities” agreement as part of a Russian- U.S. plan has been put in place last Saturday excluding areas controlled by the Islamic State and Nusra Front - an al Qaeda affiliate. People in areas under the Islamic State’s control...

Defense ministers from the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State militant group discussed the possibility of a Syrian ground incursion two weeks ago but they have not made a decision, an aide to Saudi Arabia's defense minister said on Monday. "It was discussed two weeks ago in...

HOMS, Syria (AP) — Two years after the last Syrian rebels left the besieged Old City of Homs, voices echo through the shells of bombed-out buildings, their upper floors tilted at odd angles as though frozen in time. "There is no danger here, because there isn't anybody," a soldier said as...

A twin suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State killed 70 people in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad on Sunday in the deadliest attack inside the capital this year, as militants launched an assault on its western outskirts. Police sources said the suicide bombers were riding...