The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Tuesday it had begun a battle to capture Raqqa, ISIS' de facto capital in Syria, launching attacks from the east, west and north of the city. In a phone interview with Reuters from Syria, SDF spokesman Talal Silo said the operation...

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has asked him to rebuild the U.S. relationship with Russia and not allow the political turmoil over possible Russian ties to the Trump campaign to impede him. Tillerson said relations with Russia are at a low point and...

The leaflets make no mention of the candidates' party, just a splash of colour and pledges carefully calibrated to fit with those of the new centrist president. Welcome to campaigning in Emmanuel Macron's France, where moderates of the left and right are hitching their wagons to the new...

By Abdul Salam Haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian media outlets saidin recent days that a large prisoner exchange operation is expected to take place with Jaish al-Islam in eastern Damascus suburbs before Eid al-Fitr. According to the reports, the exchange is expected to include 4,000...