A senior rebel commander said on Friday that Syrian government forces would never be able to capture Aleppo's opposition-held east, more than three weeks into a ferocious offensive, but a military source said the operation was going as planned. Russian air strikes were proving of little help...

India will take its drive to isolate Pakistan and rally the international community against cross-border militancy to a summit of emerging market powers this weekend, when it hosts BRICS nations in the western state of Goa. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the gathering of leaders from...

(Eqtsad) After a long wait, Syrians in Jordan welcomed the news that they are exempted from paying the work permit fees with the hope it will improve their economic situation. Obtaining a work permit usually costs almost 350 Jordanian Dinar which equals 495 US Dollars and with the exemption the...

Reporting by Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Ajnad al-Sham fighter attacked days ago al-Asali Martyrs school in al-Qadam, southern suburb of  Damascus, assaulting a number of teachers, beating them and cursing them to prevent them from opening the school. The situation created panic among...