Forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar have blocked flights carrying United Nations staff to and from Libya, hampering humanitarian and mediation efforts, the U.N. mission said on Wednesday. Haftar’s eastern-based Libya National Army (LNA) has on several occasions in recent weeks refused to grant...

The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State said its troops opened fire on Wednesday at a checkpoint in northeast Syria after they came under small arms fire. The coalition said in a statement the situation was calmed down and the patrol returned to the base. Earlier, Syrian and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian regime airstrike on the northern city of Idlib killed 12 civilians, the Civil Defence Agency said Tuesday. Seven children were among the victims in the raid on the Industrical districy in the city. Meanwhile, the wave of displacement that has...

Syrian regime forces seized control of the entire length of the main Aleppo-Damascus highway Tuesday for the first time since 2012, after driving rebels from their last foothold on the road, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The highway, the M5, runs all the way from...