( Daily Star )- Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday he was "100 percent sure" Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered a suspected chemical attack this week that provoked international outrage. Lieberman said the alleged attack in the neighbouring country was carried out...

( Daily Star )- Turkey is planning in the next weeks to launch a new cross border military incursion to oust the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, a report said Thursday. The report in the pro-government Yeni Safak daily was not immediately...

( The New Arab )- Yemeni forces backing the internationally-recognised government are preparing for an assault on a key port town held by Houthi rebels. Fighters aligned to President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the government's Arab allies are building up around Hodeidah, despite UN urged for...

( Daily Star )- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said there is no "option except victory" in the country's civil war in an interview published Thursday, saying the government could not reach "results" with opposition groups that attended recent peace talks. The interview with Croatian...

( Daily Star )- Autopsy results have revealed that chemical weapons were used in an attack which killed at least 70 people in Syria's Idlib province, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told reporters Thursday. Thirty-two victims of Tuesday's attack have been brought to Turkey and three...

( Daily Star )- A homeless Russian man lost his hand Thursday when a homemade device placed in a bag near a school exploded in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, said Russian authorities cited by local media. The explosion came with Russia on high alert just a few days after a bomb on the...

( Daily Star )- France is still seeking a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria, the country's foreign minister said Thursday, adding that diplomatic negotiations were a priority over possible military action. "France is still seeking to talk with its partners on the Security...

( Daily Star )- Diplomatic and economic measures taken to rein in North Korea's missile program have not had the desired effect, a senior U.S. military commander said Thursday after the North's latest test triggered a flurry of calls among world leaders. U.S President Donald Trump led calls...

( Bellingcat )- In response to allegations of a chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun on April 4th 2017 the Russian Ministry of Defence made a statement where it claimed a warehouse containing chemical agents was hit in the same town as the attacks were reported to have occurred: The Syrian...

By Badr Hussein (Eqtsad)- People in Azaz city northern of Syria suffer of high rent of houses and shops, added to expensive essential materials, due to the high volume of displaced people who settled in the city which created high demand on house to rent and affected prices of goods. There...

( Reuters )- U.S. President Donald Trump accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government of going "beyond a red line" with a poison gas attack on civilians and said his attitude toward Syria and Assad had changed, but gave no indication of how he would respond. Trump said the attack,...

(Reuters)- East Libyan forces said Wednesday they had carried out airstrikes and a ground attack on an air base controlled by rivals from the western city of Misrata, prompting a pledge of retaliation from the government in Tripoli. Tamanhent air base, near the city of Sabha, is on a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamic State on Thursday stormed an oil-rich area held by Kurdish PYD militia in Hasaka province, activists said as the clashes still underway. ISIS posted online footage of the attack on Kubaib oil wells east of al-Shaddadi town near the Iraqi border, activist Mohamed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 6 rebel groups operating in coastal Latakia province  launched major attack on regime forces said its in retaliation to a chemical attack on the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun that left 86 people dead. Powerful Haya't Tahrir al-Sham, led by former al-Qaeda...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Democratic Forces clashed Wednesday with ISIS near al-Safsafa village near Tabqa airbase as the US-backed militia pressed major gains in Raqqa province, local activist said. Activist Muhab Naser said the fight is still ongoing near the Euphrates Dam amid fears of...

 The Trump administration has been sending mixed messages on Syria, but President Donald Trump and United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley indicated Wednesday that the US might be putting military action on the table in light of a recent chemical attack. The Tuesday attack on a rebel-held...

( Reuters )- U.S. President Donald Trump hopes to sign "several more" measures into law before the end of April to roll back Obama-era regulations under the time-limited Congressional Review Act (CRA), a White House official said on Wednesday. Aggressive use by Republicans in Congress of the...

( AFP )- The death toll from a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held Syrian town has risen to 86, 30 of them children, a monitoring group said on Wednesday. "There were also 20 women among the dead and the death toll could rise further because there are people missing," the...

( AFP )- The United States warned Wednesday that it could take unilateral action if the United Nations fails to respond to a suspected chemical attack in Syria that has left scores dead, including children. The warning came from US Ambassador Nikki Haley during an emergency meeting of the UN...

( New York Times )- On March 25, an orthopedic surgeon named Ali Darwish was operating on a patient in a suburb of Hama, Syria, when two barrel bombs were dropped at the entrance of the underground hospital where he was working. Soon, a strong smell of chlorine spread throughout the hospital....