(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Criminal Security Branch subordinate to the Ministry of Interior in Latakia announced that a criminal gang, whose members belong to the National Defense militia, were arrested in a break with the Branch’s previous approach to National Defense members’ crimes. ...

Prime Minister Theresa May faces a major test of whether she can muster enough lawmakers to rule on Thursday when her legislative plan goes to a vote in parliament amid bids by opponents to peel off her supporters with an array of amendments. May's botched gamble on a June 8 snap election...

Brett McGurk, the U.S. special envoy to the coalition against Islamic State visited north Syria on Wednesday and met the council planning to run Raqqa after its capture from the jihadists to assure it of support, one of its members said. The U.S.-led coalition is supporting the Syrian...

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, registered Tuesday with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for political consulting work he did for a Ukrainian political party, acknowledging that he coached party members on how to interact with U.S. government officials....