Tunisia's powerful UGTT labor union threatened on Thursday to hold a general strike and called protests against the government's plans to freeze public wage increases as part of measures to control the budget deficit. Under pressure from international lenders for reforms to cut spending,...

Reporting by Mustafa mohamed (Eqtsad)- Although it is still too soon to talk about the coming new harvest in Northern Aleppo, however, relying on the wide area of the agricultural fertile land that were freed from the Islamic State, the recent situation is promising. In this regard, manager...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Iraqi refugees’ influx to al-Hol camp in northeastern Hasaka province has continued as a result of the ongoing Mosul battles between the U.S.-backed Iraqi army and Islamic State. The huge influx of refugees fleeing the Iraqi cities of Salah-Eddin and Nineveh has forced...

Furious over Russia’s bombardment of Aleppo, European leaders warned the Kremlin on Thursday that it could face new sanctions if it maintains its offensive against the besieged rebel-held part of the Syrian city. The sharp new rhetoric was a substantial departure for Europe’s 28 nations,...