A small air craft was found on a mountain near the border with North Korea, South Korea's military said Friday. A team has been dispatched to the area to search for the object, a South Korean military official, who declined to be identified because he is not authorized to speak to...

Three new cases of polio have been recorded in Syria in the first outbreak of the virus in the country since 2014, the World Health Organization and a partner initiative said. The new cases were registered in the oil-rich province Deir Ezzor, the majority of which is controlled by ISIS and...

By Mohamed Omar al-Sharif (Eqtsad)- Many middle class Syrian traders headed to Jordan with nothing or some savings after the start of the revolution. There they struggled and worked to become investors with property and commercial enterprises. Eqtsad speaks to Adnan Zahra a Syrian merchant...

A joint statement by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the U.A.E. late on Thursday accused 59 individuals and 12 charity organizations in Qatar of being “linked to terror”, local media reported. The list includes the International Union of Muslim Scholars' Egyptian chairman, Yousef...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Shops in al-Hasaka markets closed due to rising tensions in the northern part of the city between the regime's forces and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) militias on Thursday May 08,2017.  In a statement to Zaman al-Wasl, Abdul Malik al-Ali, a local activist,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The powerful Tahrir al-Sham group on Thursday has stormed Free Syrian Army positions in Maarrat al-Nu’man in northern Idlib province, leaving several people killed and wounded, residents told Zaman al-Wasl.   Fighters of the former al-Qaeda affiliated branch seized...

The number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has risen to more than 100,000 since an outbreak began on April 27, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The rapid spread of the disease through 19 of Yemen’s 23 governorates highlighted a humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen after two...

Police fired tear gas as clashes erupted Thursday between them and demonstrators in the Moroccan city of Al-Hoceima, epicentre of a protest movement that has shaken the northern region for months. The tear gas was fired as dozens of young people threw stones at the riot police in the alleys...

Despite defeats in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has reorganized and is now "more focused than ever" on attacking Europe and other areas outside that conflict zone, a senior UN official said Thursday. "ISIL, despite continuous military pressure, continues to resist, particularly in Mosul and Raqa,"...

At Raqqa's eastern edge, a handful of Syrian fighters cross a river by foot and car, all the while relaying their coordinates to the U.S.-led coalition so they don't fall victim to friendly fire. This is their only way into al-Mishlab, the first district the Kurdish and Arab militias have...

  The United States shot down a pro-Syrian government drone that fired toward U.S.-led coalition forces in Syria on Thursday, a U.S. military spokesman said, in a major escalation of tensions between Washington and troops supporting Damascus. The armed drone "hit dirt" and...

A recent military operation foiled an attempt to set up an organized ISIS group base in the country's southwest, the Pakistani army said Thursday. The Taliban-linked Sunni sectarian outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al-Almi was working to establish the ISIS foothold, the army said in a statement....

 Israeli authorities said Thursday they had foiled a plot by Arab citizens to attack an Israeli soldier in revenge for the March killing of a Hamas commander. The Shin Bet domestic security agency said it had arrested seven people from the Israeli town of Jaljulya, about 26 kilometers...

 A French photojournalist who has been held in Turkey for a month saw his mother on Thursday for the first time since being detained, in an "emotional" meeting near the Syrian border. "It was very emotional for both sides. I saw my son crying because he was so moved," Daniele Van de...

A highly charged Senate hearing opened Thursday with fired FBI director James Comey to testify on his bombshell allegations suggesting President Donald Trump sought to interfere with a probe into Russian election meddling. Hundreds of people squeezed into a jam-packed room, some waiting in...

A 27-year-old American who joined ISIS and agreed to be a suicide bomber was convicted Wednesday of helping the extremist organization, US prosecutors said. Mohamad Jamal Khweis had traveled in December 2015 to ISIS's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa after quitting his job, selling his car and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian military police have arrested 10 people carrying fake officers identities ub Damascus to escape conscription and to cross the countless army checkpoints easily, pro-regime news feeds said. Last week, 173 more people were also arrested for using fake security...

A self-proclaimed commander of Albanians fighting with Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, notorious at home in Kosovo for a video showing him beheading a man, has been killed, police and his family said on Thursday. Lavdrim Muhaxheri died in the Middle East, but it was not clear in which...

Russia is hosting the United Nations envoy for Syria for talks focusing on future peace negotiations. Speaking at the start of Thursday's meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Staffan de Mistura said it comes at a "delicate important moment." He stressed the importance of...

An attack by Boko Haram militants on the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed 14 people and wounded 24 others, police said on Thursday, the first official toll. Maiduguri is the epicenter of the eight-year fight against Boko Haram which has been trying to set up an ISIS in the...