A suicide bomber in Syria's Hama killed two people and injured nine others on Thursday, state media said, in the second such attack in a government-held city this week. State television said the attacker set off an explosive belt at a bus station in the southwest of the city. The...

(Eqtsad)- Local sources in al-Yarmouk Camp south of Damascus reported that the Islamic State forces in the camp informed 50 families living in different parts of the camp that they must immediately evacuate their houses for security reasons. Islamic State forces cited the houses’...

( New York Times )- The Kremlin is bringing a new weapon to the fight against the Islamic State militant group in Syria, using market-based incentives tied to oil and mining rights to reward private security contractors who secure territory from the extremists, Russian news outlets have...

Up to 20,000 civilians are trapped in the last Daesh (ISIS) held areas in Mosul's Old City, which Iraqi forces are battling to retake, a senior UN official said Thursday. More than eight months since the start of the operation to retake Mosul from Daesh, the militants have gone from fully...

By Abdullah Ghadawi (Zaman Al Wasl)- Obeida Nahas, the head of the National Renewal Movement, revealed details of his visit to al-Qamishli two weeks ago, pointing out that he met with many Kurdish, Arab and Assyrian politicians in the Jazira area and stressed the continued political...

At least 123 members of Venezuela's armed forces have been detained since anti-government unrest began in April on charges ranging from treason and rebellion to theft and desertion, according to military documents seen by Reuters. The list of detainees, which includes officers as well as...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attacked sanctions against his country and called for an end to trade protectionism, in an editorial published in Germany Thursday ahead of the G20 summit. Sanctions against Russia "are not just short-sighted but go against the principles of the G20 for...

South Korean warplanes and navy ships have fired a barrage of missiles into the waters during one-day drills aimed at boosting a readiness against possible North Korean aggression. Thursday's drills off the east coast were previously scheduled but they occurred two days after North Korea...

The United States is prepared to discuss with Russia joint efforts to stabilize war-torn Syria, including no-fly zones, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday. He added the United States wanted to discuss with Russia the use of on-the-ground ceasefire observers and the...

The United States cautioned on Wednesday it was ready to use force if need be to stop North Korea's nuclear missile program but said it preferred global diplomatic action against Pyongyang for defying world powers by test launching a ballistic missile that could hit Alaska. U.S. Ambassador...

The population of Mosul has endured huge suffering in the war to retake the northern Iraqi city from Islamic State and trauma cases among civilians are sharply rising in the last stages of battle, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Wednesday. The city's basic infrastructure has also been...

Russia told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that it opposed new sanctions against North Korea and that a military option was "inadmissible." "All must acknowledge that sanctions will not resolve the issue," Russian Deputy Ambassador Vladimir Safronkov told an emergency council session,...

Turkish military preparations in northwest Syria are legitimate measures against a threat from Kurdish forces in the Afrin region, and Turkey will retaliate against any hostile move, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told Reuters on Wednesday. Kurtulmus was responding to the head of the...

Russian strategic bombers fired advanced cruise missiles at Islamic State targets in Syria on Wednesday from a distance of 1,000 kilometers (621.37 miles) in a show of force Moscow said demolished three ammunition depots and a command post. Moscow carried out the attack just two days before...

The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia told Reuters on Wednesday that Turkish military deployments near Kurdish-held areas of northwestern Syria amounted to a "a declaration of war", signaling the risk of a major confrontation. Asked whether he expected a conflict with Turkey in northern...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 12 people from the same family were killed when U.S.-led warplanes struck a border village with Iraq in Hasaka province, activists said Wednesday. The strikes hit Tel al-Shayer area in the southern countryside of Hasaka amid claims that the...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying that Germany was "committing suicide" by not letting him speak to Turks in Germany during his visit to the country for a G20 leaders summit, which starts on Friday. "Germany is committing suicide," he told German weekly Die Zeit, adding:...

Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey struggled Wednesday to hammer out details on a plan for safe zones in Syria at a fifth round of peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana as the regime negotiator cast doubt on any major developments from the discussions. Moscow and Tehran, which back...

The war in Syria continues to be the main reason for thousands of asylum applications in Europe, the EU said on Wednesday. A new report released by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) revealed that, despite a more than 7 percent decline in the number of asylum applications in 2016...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sharply criticized U.S. policy under President Donald Trump on Wednesday, two days before they are due to meet at the G20 summit, for being based on a "winners and losers" view of the world rather than on cooperation. Merkel will host the two-day meeting of...