(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime army and its allies on Friday launched new attack to capture rebel-held pocket northeast the capital, as aerial and ground bombing extend on the eastern suburbs of Damascus. Rebels of Barza Farms said they had thwarted the major attack, destroying two...

Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria early Friday, prompting retaliatory missiles launches, in the most serious incident between the two countries since the Syrian civil war began six years ago. Syria's military said it had downed an Israeli plane and hit another as they were...

Three quarters of French voters want conservative candidate Francois Fillon to pull out of the presidential race, an opinion poll by Odoxa showed Friday, underscoring how badly his image has been hit by a series of financial scandals. The former prime minister was placed under formal...

Thirty-one Somali refugees were killed off the coast of Yemen late Thursday when a helicopter attacked the boat they were travelling in, a local coast guard in the Houthi-controlled Hodeidah area said. Coast guard Mohamed al-Alay told Reuters the refugees, carrying official UNHCR documents,...