It may take weeks or months, but Aleppo is likely to fall to Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power and the most lethal bombardment in nearly six years of war. Capturing the strategically important city, an economic and trading center which is key to controlling Syria's...

 Reporting by Abdulhafiz Holani (Zaman Al Wasl)- Yusef Abed al-Moulayet, who achieved first place in the Syrian general baccalaureate exams in its scientific branch in Lebanon with a score of 229 from a total of 240, always remembers the wise phrase, “learning is light and ignorance is...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian student Abdullah al-Khatib achieved first place among the students of the media faculty in the department of radio and television in Jordanian Yarmouk University in the city of Irbid with an average of 91.4%, higher than all of his peers, in a celebration held...

The U.S.-led war on Islamic State has depleted the group's funds, leadership and foreign fighters, but the biggest battle yet is expected later this year in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his "caliphate" two years ago. The jihadist insurgents have lost...