(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army on Tuesday has recaptured al-Masasneh village in the northwestern Hama province as regime forces and allied Shiite militia press advances in the northern countryside, field sources said. Backed by heavy Russian and regime airstrikes, the regime army seeks to...

The toll in Turkish air raids on Kurdish positions in northeastern Syria rose to 28 killed, activists said Wednesday, a day after Ankara said it had targeted "terrorist havens" near its border. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said most of those killed were members of the Kurdish...

U.S. troops began delivering a missile defence system that has infuriated China to a deployment site in South Korea Wednesday, amid heightened tensions over the North's nuclear ambitions. Washington is urging Beijing -- Pyongyang's sole major ally -- to do more to rein it in, but the Asian...

Protesters in Venezuela plan a high-risk march against President Nicolas Maduro Wednesday, sparking fears of fresh violence after demonstrations that have left 26 dead in the crisis-wracked country. The opposition urged protesters to march on central Caracas, a pro-Maduro bastion where the...