(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Islamist Failaq al-Rahman rebel group, in statement issued Monday, said at least 39 regime troops have been killed in its surprise attack on northeast Damascus. The regime army drove rebels back by nightfall and began a fierce bombing campaign on Monday morning,...

By Adnan Abdulrazq (Zaman Al Wasl)- Both Syrian and international reports confirm that Assad regime turned Syria to the tragedy of the century after GDP declined from 60 million dollars in 2010 to less than 27 million dollars’ end of 2016. The declared foreign debt increased more than...

Iraqi forces battled Islamic State group fighters on Monday to push into Mosul's Old City where thousands of civilians remain trapped under jihadist rule. The city's historic centre is home to the Al-Nuri mosque, where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in July 2014 proclaimed an IS "caliphate"...

 Turkish authorities have detained three people linked to last year's deadly attack on a Berlin Christmas market, local media reported Monday, saying the suspects were headed to Europe. Tunisian attacker Anis Amri hijacked a truck on Dec. 19, killed its Polish driver and plowed the...