Scores of bodies, presumably of African migrants, washed ashore in Libya, in the western city of Zawiya on the Mediterranean Sea, Libya's Red Crescent spokesman said Tuesday. At least 74 bodies were found on the beach in Zawiya but the circumstances of their drowning remained a mystery, the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 13 civilians on Monday were killed in the ISIS-held city of al-Bab as Turkey and US-led coalition stepped up its aerial campaign in support of Free Syrian Army fighters who press to take the strategic stronghold, local reporter said. The Turkish-led Operation Euphrates...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Kurdish fighters backed by US airstrikes on Monday seized control of an oil field and 8 villages from the Islamic State in Deir Ezzor and Raqqa provinces, activists said Tuesday. Ahmed al-Ali, Hasaka-based activist, said SDF took al-Jweif oil well from ISIS in...

French conservative presidential election candidate Francois Fillon changed tack on public healthcare Tuesday, saying he would ensure universal access to free eye-glasses, hearing aids and false teeth if elected. The proposal contrasted starkly with his initial program, which centered on...