The United States has started distributing arms to Syrian Kurdish fighters battling to help retake the city of Raqqa from Islamic State, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday, as the United States moved ahead with a plan despite concerns by ally Turkey. The official said distribution of...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security does not plan to announce an expansion of a ban on laptops in airline cabins this week after Secretary John Kelly spoke to European officials on Tuesday, a department spokesman said. The spokesman, David Lapan, confirmed that Kelly was speaking to...

Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed on Tuesday any suggestion that Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces were behind a chemical attack that killed scores of people in Idlib province in April. "According to our information, there is no proof that chemical weapons were used by Assad....

U.S.-backed fighters on Tuesday reached the northern entrance of the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of ISIS, amid intense clashes and airstrikes on Raqqa's northern and eastern edges, opposition activists said. The latest push by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces brings...

German police on Tuesday detained a 17-year-old Syrian suspected of planning a suicide attack in Berlin, a spokesman for the interior ministry of the neighbouring state of Brandenburg said. The suspect was arrested in the Uckermark region north-east of Berlin, Brandenburg police said in a...

Syrian rebels say the United States and its allies are sending them more arms to try to fend off a new push into the southeast by Iran-backed militias aiming to open an overland supply route between Iraq and Syria. The stakes are high as Iran seeks to secure its influence from Tehran to...

Algeria and Morocco should to take action to assure safe passage to 41 Syrian refugees stranded along the border between both countries for weeks, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR)said on Tuesday. The Syrian refugees, including babies and a pregnant woman in need of medical care,...

French President Emmanuel Macron affirmed his support for Syria's opposition on Tuesday in a meeting with its chief coordinator, a day after hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin, a key backer of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. The unannounced meeting with Riad Hijab and a broader...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 13 people were killed in eastern Deir Ezzor city when the Islamic State struck regime-held neighborhoods with mortar shells and rockets late on Monday, the group's news feeds said.   ISIS has stepped up its shelling on the besieged neighborhoods of al-Joura...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syria Army launched 40 Grad rockets on military convoys near the town of Izra’ in Daraa province, mostly Shiite militiamen, field sources said Tuesday. The militants were heading the southern province as regime army is mobilizing troops to face an imminent battle with the...

With oil production at its lowest in years, a total halt in phosphate exports and power generation sharply reduced, Syria's economy is on its knees, government ministers have said. The ministers were speaking at a conference hosted by the British Syrian Society in Damascus this week titled...

Relations between the United States and Germany veered further toward crisis on Tuesday as President Donald Trump complained about the US trade deficit with Germany and said it must pay more for the NATO military alliance. His censure follows a volley of criticism from Germany after the...

 Migrants rescued from a rubber boat that left Libya last week said as many as 30 people were trampled or drowned during their voyage as this year's Mediterranean death toll climbed to more than 1,700, the U.N. said Tuesday. They arrived in Pozzallo, Italy, Monday and said their boat...

French authorities have arrested six people suspected of involvement in enabling radicalized Muslims to go to Syria, a source with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday. Five were arrested in Bordeaux while one was arrested in the Paris area, in an operation led by the Paris anti-terrorist...

Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on issues of mutual interest, Saudi state news agency SPA reported Tuesday. Both Putin and bin Salman have been instrumental behind a successful global deal which saw oil...

At least 27 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, security and medical officials said Tuesday. In the first attack, a suicide bomber struck near a popular ice cream shop overnight, killing 16 people. In the second, a car bomb exploded near one of the...

British Airways said it was resuming normal service Tuesday but many customers are still without their luggage after three days of global flight disruption. Some 75,000 passengers were affected by the computer system outage that caused chaotic scenes over a holiday weekend at London Gatwick...

The United Nations named a trio of independent experts Tuesday to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape and torture by Myanmar security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. The international fact-finding mission will be chaired by Indira Jaising, an advocate of...

China will implement a controversial cybersecurity law Thursday despite concerns from foreign firms worried about its impact on their ability to do business in the world's second largest economy. Passed last November, the law is largely aimed at protecting China's networks and private user...

U.S. Senator John McCain said Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to global security than ISIS, and warned that the Senate would push for sanctions against Moscow for its alleged interference in the U.S. election. McCain, a leading foreign policy voice in the U.S. Congress,...