ISIS has imposed an "Afghan-style" dress code on men in its Syrian stronghold Raqqa to help its fighters blend into the civilian population, a monitor and activists said Monday. "For more than two weeks, Afghan-style clothing ... has been imposed by Daesh," said Abu Mohamed, an activist with...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime airstrikes killed two people and wounded dozen in the besieged al-Waer neighborhood in central Homs province, local activists said Monday. The regime warplanes conducted 12 raids early Monday as death toll topped to 49 in a month of major offensive on the...

After protests by unpaid coal miners made headlines around the world last year as China's parliament was meeting, a $15 billion assistance fund offered by the ruling Communist Party became a symbol of the government's need to ensure social stability. As the National People’s Congress...

Libyan armed forces based in the east launched more airstrikes Saturday against militias that seized oil terminals a day earlier, a spokesman said, accusing troops from the country’s rival west of launching a war. Three strikes hit vehicles and targets in the area around the Es Sidra and...