(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Kurdish forces hit army bastions in Deir Ezzor as the regime backed by Russian mercenaries seeks to control the oil-rich province, military source said Friday. The Syrian Democratic Forces that based in Conoco oilfield launched rocket attack on...

The daily hordes of tourists have exhausted the Thai beach made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie. Maya Bay, on Phi Phi Leh island in the Andaman Sea, will be closed to all visitors for four months annually starting this June to allow for the recovery of the damaged coral reefs and sea...

Pro-Syrian regime forces including Russian mercenaries amassed near U.S. and U.S.-backed forces last week in Syria, but a potential confrontation was defused after the U.S. military contacted Russian officers, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The latest incident in the Syrian province of...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Tuesday that the alliance had expelled seven Russian staffers at Russia’s Mission to the NATO in response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in the United Kingdom. “I have withdrawn...