The Syrian regime army has reached the last extremist-held town on the road to its besieged garrison in the east, a monitoring group said on Friday. Government forces are on the outskirts of Sukhneh, some 70 kilometres northeast of the famed ancient city of Palmyra, the Syrian Observatory...

Libya's U.N.-backed unity government chief has denied that an agreement has been struck with Rome to deploy Italian vessels in Libyan waters to combat human trafficking. Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj "denies having asked Italy to send naval vessels into Libya's territorial waters ... or...

Jordan will not allow the return of Israel's ambassador until the shooting of two Jordanians by an embassy security guard has been properly investigated, a government official said Friday. "Jordan will not allow ambassador Einat Shlein or the rest of the embassy staff to return until a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian and Russian airstrikes killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 141 more in the Eastern Ghouta suburbs since regime and rebels declared a ceasefire five days ago, local monitoring group said. Ghouta Media center recorded 98 violationS by regime and Russia since...