An earthquake of 5.1 magnitude hit Turkey's Manisa province east of the Aegean coastal city of Izmir on Saturday, broadcaster CNN Turk said, adding that initial reports showed no casualties or damage. The earthquake hit the Saruhanli district of Manisa at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles)...

Syrian troops and allied militia have pushed back ISIS militants and U.S-backed opposition fighters, gaining control of a large swath of territory in the country's strategic southern desert, the government-controlled media and a war monitor said Saturday. With the new advances, the...

By Faris Rifai; Translation Yusra Abu Hamed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahmed al-Halabi, a Syria refugee in Germany, his holiday in Greece has turned into nightmare after arresting him by Greek police and seizing all his documents and passport and deporting him to Turkey. A similar story happened to...

The air force loyal to Libya's strongman Khalifa Haftar said Saturday it took part in Egyptian air strikes on extremist positions in the country after a deadly attack on Egypt's Copts. Egypt launched six air strikes on extremist camps in Libya's eastern city of Derna on Friday, hours after...

( The Washington Post )- Back when he was still a candidate and not president of the United States, Donald Trump had a suggestion for winning the battle against the Islamic State: “Take out their families.” “The other thing with the terrorists is you have to take out their families, when you...

Pope Francis prayed Saturday for the Coptic Christians killed a day earlier in Egypt by Islamic extremists, saying that today there are more Christian martyrs for the faith than in ancient times. During meeting with clergy in the Italian port city of Genoa, Francis urged them to pray "for...

Forces loyal to Libya's unity government said Saturday that 52 of its fighters were killed as they repelled rival militias in fierce clashes in the capital Tripoli. Apart from sporadic gunfire in southern Tripoli, calm returned to the city Saturday, the first day of the Muslim holy month of...

 G7 countries will on Saturday recognize the deadlock about taking collective action on climate change as US President Donald Trump mulls his position, officials said. "The United States is evaluating its policy with regard to the climate, so the six other G7 countries will reaffirm...

A senior commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was killed fighting ISIS west of the Iraqi city of Mosul, the Tehran-based Tasnim news agency reported Saturday. It is the first time Iran has announced the death of a senior commander during the operations launched in...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's Hassan Rouhani held a phone call in which the two leaders stressed the need for more joint efforts to resolve the Syria crisis and discussed economic ties, the Kremlin said Saturday. The Kremlin added that Putin congratulated Rouhani on his recent...

ISIS said Saturday that its fighters had carried out a shooting that killed dozens of Egyptian Christians Friday, according to a statement from the group. "A security unit from the soldiers of the caliphate set up a checkpoint to ambush tens of Christians headed for the Saint Samuel...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Umm Yahya, or 'The Mother of Rebels as many activists call her, had experience in nursing although she was mainly working as a mother taking care of her four children in the town of Tura in Jobar district, when the regime forces began shooting at peaceful...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 35 Islamic State fighters were killed Saturday by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Saraya al-Sham at the Lebanese border, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl. Hussein Abu Ali, the spokesman for Saray al-Sham said his group and the former al-Qaeda branch in Syria had thwarted...

Gerard Pique wants Barcelona to reward outgoing coach Luis Enrique with a ninth trophy of his three-year spell in charge in Saturday's Copa del Rey final against Alaves. Victory would see Barca lift the Cup for the third straight season under Enrique, but unlike in the past two years it...

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday ended a 40-day hunger strike over their conditions in Israeli jails, the Israel Prisons Service and a Palestinian official said. About 1,100 inmates had initially taken part in one of the largest such hunger strikes, that began on April 17 and...

Hundreds of civilians are fleeing two cities held by ISIS in eastern Syria after a series of deadly airstrikes that killed dozens, activists said Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based activist group, said a "large-scale displacement" was underway from the cities...

 Iraqi armed forces launched an operation Saturday to capture the last ISIS-held enclave in Mosul, according to a military statement. The Iraqi air force dropped leaflets Friday urging residents in the enclave to flee, raising fears among humanitarian groups for the safety of desperate...

A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 14 people in Afghanistan on Saturday and fighting between militants and security forces left at least 36 people dead on the first day of Islam's holy Month of Ramadan. In eastern Khost province, an attacker detonated a car bomb near a soccer field...

Philippine security forces dropped more bombs Saturday on a southern city where they have been battling Islamist militants for five days, vowing no let up despite the start of Ramadan. President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law across the southern third of the Philippines in response to...

France's new President Emmanuel Macron will hold delicate talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday with the two countries harboring longstanding differences over Ukraine and Syria. Coming just three weeks after an election in which the Kremlin was widely seen as backing...