(New York Times)- The guns were silent atop Mount Qasioun, and lights on its slopes twinkled over Damascus as President Bashar al-Assad welcomed visitors to his French-Ottoman palace below. It was possible to imagine, for a moment, that there was no war in Syria. The blasts that until...

On a dusty plain south of Mosul, French artillery guns fire in support of Iraqi troops fighting to retake the city from the Islamic State group. The French operation -- dubbed "Task Force Wagram" -- is part of crucial backing provided by a US-led coalition to the Mosul offensive launched...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- People’s Protection Units (YPG), Military arm of Democratic Union Party (PYD) capture hundreds of Arabs in the city of Ain al-Arab in the Eastern countryside of Aleppo under fake accusation for most of them, tribal sources mentioned.  A tribe's Sheikh talked to Zaman...

 Italy's deputy public prosecutor arrived in Egypt Tuesday for an update on the investigation into the January abduction, torture, and murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, officials said. Sergio Colaiocco heads a security and judicial delegation to discuss the latest findings in the...