After dropping a monster bomb on its fighters, then targeting its leader, the U.S. military is looking to destroy ISIS' Afghan branch before battle-hardened reinforcements arrive from Syria and Iraq. While U.S. and Kabul government forces have mainly been combating Taliban fighters...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State on Tuesday attacked on the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Monday in al-Kubar village in Deir al-Zour, taking advantage of sand storm in the area. At least 8 SDF militants killed in the attack, pro-ISIS news feeds said. The organization confirmed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian military pilot killed his son two weeks ago in an airstrike was supposed to hit rebels in southern Daraa province but hit a regime bastion instead, source told Zaman al-Wasl. The friendly fire has been accustomed in Syria when the Russia bombing killed regime army...

President Donald Trump will continue to talk to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Israeli settlement activity, the White House said on Monday following reports that Israel plans to build 15,000 new settlement homes in East Jerusalem. "I'm sure that we'll continue to have...

Turkish airstrikes on PKK targets have forced the group to close some camps and seek cover, a Peshmerga commander in Iraq has told Anadolu Agency. Kasim Seso, a senior Peshmerga figure in Mosul’s Sinjar district, said on Monday the PKK had suffered “big losses and financial damage” in the...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will decide in a referendum whether to continue pursuing membership in the European Union. In an interview Monday on India television, Erdogan accused the EU of not being "sincere or honest" and of making Turkey wait at its gates. Erdogan said:...

Several hundred teachers picketed outside Philadelphia schools early Monday as thousands more immigrants and union members across the United States prepared a series of strikes, boycotts and marches to protest President Donald Trump's immigration policies. The demonstrations on May Day,...

Syrian government forces used deadly nerve gas in Khan Sheikhoun and in three other recent attacks, Human Rights Watch said Monday, describing a "clear pattern" of chemical weapons use that could amount to crimes against humanity. President Bashar Assad's forces are also stepping up chlorine...

Mohamed Talbi, a prominent Tunisian academic and specialist on Islam, died early Monday aged 95, the country's culture ministry said. Talbi, who was born in Tunis in 1921, was one of the "founders of the modern Tunisian university" and a "great intellectual" figure, the ministry said in a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful YPG militia, in statement issued Monday, said ten of its fighters had been killed by ISIS this week in the northeastern city of Tabqa, five of them were from Iran and Turkey. The YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday they had pushed Islamic State fighters...

Centrist presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen traded campaign blows across Paris on May Day, as France's most crucial election in decades entered its final week. Macron sought for a third successive day to paint National Front (FN) candidate Le Pen...

SpaceX on Monday blasted off a secretive U.S. government payload, known only as NROL-76, marking the first military launch for the California-based aerospace company headed by billionaire tycoon Elon Musk. The payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, which makes and operates spy...

A new UN body tasked with identifying individuals guilty of atrocities in Syria should start work shortly, a key step towards holding war crimes suspects to account, the UN rights chief said Monday. A prominent judge or international lawyer to head the panel will be named "soon", after...

U.S.-backed militias said on Monday they had pushed Islamic State fighters out of the old quarters of Tabqa, a strategically vital town controlling Syria's largest dam, hemming the militants into the remaining modern district along the shore. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance...

Atletico Madrid might not be able to rely on its mighty defense when it makes another run for the Champions League title. Atletico's back line has been depleted because of a series of injuries and coach Diego Simeone will have to improvise when his team takes on Real Madrid's powerful attack...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday that India and Turkey should strengthen their already warm business and political ties, as he welcomed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to New Delhi. Erdogan arrived late Sunday evening. He was accompanied by several Cabinet ministers and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters on Monday launched major attack on regime forces and allied militias in the northwestern Hama province, killing 11 troops and destroying several tanks and armored vehicles, pro-regime news feeds said. The attack took place north of Salamiyya city near...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 70 Syrian refugee families in northern Lebanon hve founded nowhere to go after revoking land rent contract and license they were granted for building a camp for them. The 70 families have been displaced from Idlib and rented a land in the town of Halaba in Akkar...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A group of Syrian university students and their teachers who were detained by the Turkish Immigration Department in southern city of Gaziantep has started a hunger strike a week ago , demanding speedy procedures. A Syrian media source told Zaman al-Wasl that the Turkish...

 The leader of al-Qaeda' branch in Yemen said his militants have often fought alongside Yemeni government factions - remarks that could embarrass the U.S.-backed coalition fighting the impoverished Arab country's Shiite rebels. Qasim al-Rimi leads the group known as Al-Qaeda in the...