Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Five Free Syrian Army units operating in northern Aleppo province have merged in one armed group to unified militay efforts on the ground, said in statement posted online  Saturday. Commanders of Division 99  said: “based on our...

ISIS Sunday pulled its fighters out of Al-Rutbah, a desert town in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, an army general and the mayor said. "Daesh (ISIS) has completely pulled out of [Al-Rutbah] and gone towards Al-Qaim," a major general told AFP, referring to a extremist bastion on the...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry raised the possibility on Saturday of getting a ceasefire in Yemen similar to the arrangement that has been implemented in Syria, the State Department said. Speaking in Hafr al-Batin in Saudi Arabia, at a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister...

At least 250,000 Syrian children are living under siege, with many forced to eat animal feed or leaves to survive, Save the Children said Wednesday, as the war's fifth anniversary looms. "They and their families are cut off from the outside world, surrounded by warring groups that illegally use...