The U.S. secretaries of state and homeland security meet with Mexico's president Thursday, seeking to ease diplomatic tensions over President Donald Trump's trade and immigration policies. With the countries' relations at their most strained in years, President Enrique Pena Nieto will host...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) held steady at 31 percent support in a survey published on Wednesday, remaining hard on the heels of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives - on 34 percent - seven months ahead of a federal election. The poll for Stern magazine and broadcaster RTL showed 39...

(The Independent)- Three men have been arrested in France and are being questioned by the anti-terrorist services on suspicion of wanting to go to Syria or planning attacks in France, police and judicial sources said on Tuesday. The three were arrested by French intelligence agents in the...

An Israeli military plane carried out an airstrike on the Syrian regime forces stationed in the western countryside of Damascus near the Lebanese border. According to a military source, the attack targeted the Jerd Nalhleh area of the Qalamoun Mountains. Information about casualties is being...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Pro-Syrian regime militia looted a UN aid convoy delivering food rations and medicine to the besieged neighborhood of al-Waer neighborhood in Homs city, local activists said Tuesday. The 22 lorries were carrying food, medical supplies and winter clothes for almost 60,000...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  At least ten civilians have been killed in regime airstrikes on the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor city, activists said Tuesday. Ahmed Ramadan, activist for Euphrates Post campaign, said 30 more people have been wounded in the aerial attack on a bus station in the...

A new report by a Syria conflict monitoring group accuses the government of depopulating Sunni-majority areas in Syria's third largest city as it fights to consolidate its power. The report released Tuesday by the Washington-based Syria Institute raises ethical questions about what role, if...

Thousands of Italian taxi drivers protesting legislation they say will favor Uber clashed with riot police Tuesday, intensifying a week-long taxi strike that has crippled transportation in Rome, Milan and Turin. The cabbies marched through Rome and protested in front of parliament, at the...

(Middle East Eye)- Syria faces public health catastrophes that will linger for decades due to toxic rubble dust, oil fire pollution and the US-led coalition's use of depleted uranium weapons on Islamic State targets, campaigners have warned. The US last week admitted it had fired...

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he wanted London bankers and academics to move to France after Brexit, following a meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May. "I want banks, talents, academics, researchers and so on," Macron said after hastily-arranged...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-led coalition warplanes killed 8 civilians from the same family in airstrikes hit an ISIS-held village near Raqqa city, local monitoring group said Tuesday. The Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently campaign said the US strikes targeted al-Sahhamiya village killing a whole...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah said in a Cairo meeting Tuesday that they were committed to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Sisi's office said in a statement. "The two sides discussed future movements to break the gridlock within...

(Al-Monitor)- The major political slogan of the Bolshevik Party leading up to the 1917 Great October Socialist Revolution and the uprising itself, “All Power to the Soviets!” is now relevant to Syria. The long-lasting civil war in Syria killed centralized government stone dead and caused a...

Russian weapons maker Kalashnikov Group's sales doubled last year, helped by demand in the Middle East for its drones, missiles, rifles and military vehicles, making up for U.S. sanctions that cost it its largest market, its chief executive said. Kalashnikov, whose AK47 assault rifles have armed...

CIA-coordinated military aid for rebels in northwest Syria has been frozen since they came under major Islamist attack last month, rebel sources said, raising doubts about foreign support key to their war against President Bashar Assad. Rebel officials said that no official explanation had...

Diplomatic tensions escalated Tuesday between Turkey and Iran as the countries traded accusations over their roles in the Syria conflict and the Middle East. The pair have been regional rivals for centuries but have sought to forge a pragmatic relationship in recent years, with the Islamic...

An Israeli soldier was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a Tel Aviv military court on Tuesday for fatally shooting an already-injured Palestinian man in March of last year. Elor Azaria, 18, was convicted of manslaughter in January after the court ruled he had "needlessly" killed...

Some 40 human rights groups and other organizations say that U.N.-sponsored Syrian peace talks that will begin in Geneva this week should prioritize five key human rights issues during negotiations. The groups said in a statement Tuesday that achieving respect and promotion for human...

 French President Francois Hollande called Tuesday on Britain to "accept its responsibility" to take in stranded under-age migrants stuck in France who wish to join up with family in the U.K. The issue has been a constant irritant between the two countries, made worse by Britain's...

Dubai authorities are grappling with new ways of keeping the emirate's skies safe after drones halted air traffic at one of the world's busiest airports three times last year. The delays were necessary to protect passengers, officials said, but they hit thousands of travelers and cost...