(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS killed 27 Syrian soldiers and allied militiamen in a series of attacks near Palmyra in the past 24 hours, activists said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ISIS began launching attacks on regime forces and their allies Thursday night and...

Several passengers descended steps from a hijacked plane at Malta International Airport Friday, and Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat tweeted that women and children were being freed. The aircraft had been on an internal flight in Libya when it was diverted to Malta, 500 km (300 miles)...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey's operation to capture the northern Syrian town of al-Bab was almost complete. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a natural gas terminal in the coastal town of Izmir, Erdogan said the Free Syrian Army, with the backing of Turkish...

An airliner on an internal flight in Libya was hijacked and diverted to Malta where it landed on Friday, Maltese media reported. Two hijackers had threatened to blow up the Airbus A320, which had 118 people aboard, outlets including the Times of Malta said. The aircraft had been flying from...