The Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York, has a magnificent course. Just ask its namesake, U.S. President Donald Trump, who until recently was quoted on its website saying the club "provides more than a membership – it's a true luxury lifestyle." The business is worth...

A Syrian family has been arrested after a mother attempted to smuggle her 23-year-old son from a Greek island to the mainland in a suitcase. The woman had been given the right to move around freely inside Greece after applying for asylum, but her two sons, 23 and 24, had not, the Athens News...

U.S.-backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Islamic State-held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in a few weeks, as a U.S. Marines artillery unit deployed to help the campaign. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a militia alliance including the Kurdish YPG,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces on Thursday have killed 6 civilians in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs in a new violation to the Russian-brokered ceasefire, local activist said. The strikes hit Hammouriya suburb east of Damascus, leaving 20 more people wounded.    Thursday...

The United States will host a major meeting of the 68 members of the coalition fighting ISIS on March 22, the State Department said Thursday. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will chair the talks, which come as the allies are fighting the extremists in the Iraqi city of Mosul and closing in...

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12-9 on Thursday to approve President Donald Trump's nominee as ambassador to Israel, outspoken bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman, a staunch supporter of expanded settlements. The vote was largely along party lines, a contrast with strong...

A U.S. military investigation into a January raid against Al-Qaeda in Yemen has concluded that between four and 12 civilians were killed, U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, the head of the U.S. military's Central Command, said on Thursday. "We have made a determination based on our best...

A new U.S. strategy to break a stalemate in Afghanistan will require additional U.S. troops, the head of the U.S. military's Central Command said Thursday. "I do believe it will involve additional forces to ensure that we can make the advise and assist mission more effective," General Joseph...

Iran's semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that the country's Revolutionary Guard has successfully tested a ballistic missile. The Thursday report quotes Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the Guard's airspace division, as saying the missile destroyed target from a distance of 250...

(Al-Jazeera)- Six years into the carnage in Syria, atrocious crimes run rampant, with savage abuses committed against all groups in the devastated country, and the murderous regime, abetted by powerful allies, is still in power. The United Nations Security Council remains in a deadlock and...

The Dutch foreign minister paid tribute Thursday to activists who risk their lives in Syria to gather evidence of atrocities, saying it should be used to prosecute those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders was speaking at a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia’s airstrikes in support of regime forces have killed seven people and wounded ten more in Aleppo province, local reporter said Thursday. The aerial attack targeted Darret Azza town in the western countryside of Aleppo. In its turn, regime forces have captured...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has rarely appeared in public since a crippling stroke in 2013, is doing "very well", the country's prime minister said Thursday. Speculation has mounted about the veteran president's health since he suffered a bout of bronchitis in February,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 people, including 4 children and a woman, have been killed on Thursday in the regime airstrikes hit a school in the northern town of Kafranbel in Idlib province, local activists said. The vacuum missile attacks have also left 10 people wounded and huge destruction...

A female member of the Palestinian parliament has been arrested by Israeli forces, Palestinian and Israeli security sources said Thursday. Samira Halayqa, a Hamas member of the largely defunct Palestinian Legislative Council, was arrested by Israeli forces on Wednesday night from her home...

Iraqi forces aim to dislodge ISIS militants from west Mosul within a month, despite gruelling urban combat in densely populated terrain, the head of the elite Counter Terrorism Service told Reuters on Thursday. As Iraqi forces advance deeper into west Mosul, they are facing increasingly...

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday Turkey would strike against U.S.-backed Kurdish YPG militia in Manbij if they advanced into the Syrian city and found them present, according to NTV television. A spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogan said the YPG should move out of Manbij to...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Russian-backed Syrian regime forces have captured  an airbase in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province amid reports saying the Islamic State has handed over the strategic stronghold to regime, pro-government Press TV and local reporter said Thursday. A...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Germany and Turkey had many ties such as NATO membership and their joint fight against Islamic terrorism but differences had come to the fore recently and everything should be done to resolve that. "There are on the one hand many common...

Barcelona were hailed as living legends Thursday after Neymar helped the Spanish giants pull off a Nou Camp miracle with a dying minutes Champions League win over stunned Paris Saint-Germain. The Brazilian forward played the game of his life as Barcelona made up a 0-4 first leg deficit by...