The White House on Wednesday criticized claims that the U.S. is standing idly by as the Syrian city of Aleppo falls to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces. "It's offensive to suggest that somehow the United States government and the world is not doing anything," spokesman Josh Earnest...

 Syrian opposition groups said an evacuation of rebel-held areas of Aleppo was back on track and expected to begin early on Thursday, but uncertainty persisted as a media outlet run by Lebanon's Hezbollah said truce talks faced "big complications". Such an exodus would end years of...

(Al Jazeera)- The UN's West Africa envoy says Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh must step down when his mandate ends in January and would be "strongly sanctioned" if he sought to remain in power. Long-ruling Jammeh lost the election to little-known businessman Adama Barrow on December 1 and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- More than 14 thousand young men are wanted for mandatory standby military service in the provinces of Tartus and Latakia. They are going to be informed and will join the service voluntarily or by force next week, sources reported.  The source mentioned that ages of...