(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 28 ISIS militants were killed in northern Syria in the last 24 hours by Turkish forces and the U.S.-led coalition, according to a Turkish General Staff statement Sunday. Turkish army forces killed at least 12 ISIS fighters as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates...

The Syrian opposition is fully committed to peace talks in Geneva on Feb. 23, a senior official said on Sunday, adding the talks would need to pave the way for a political transition. "We are fully committed for the Geneva talks," Syrian National Coalition President Anas al-Abdah told...

 Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Sunday rejected Iranian calls for dialogue saying Tehran was the main sponsor of terrorism in the world, a destabilizing force in the Middle East and wanted to "destroy us." "Iran remains the single main sponsor of terrorism in the world," Adel...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim that Washington was keen for a new start in relations between the two countries, sources in Yildirim's office said, after ties soured during the Obama administration. Pence and Yildirim met on the sidelines of a...

Kenya and Egypt on Saturday agreed to remove double taxation on imports to boost trade and investment. The move came during Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi's visit seeking to boost bilateral relations with Kenya. The two countries "agreed to fast-track the conclusion of bilateral...

President Donald Trump turned back the clock Saturday with a bold and aggressive Florida speech straight out of his 2016 campaign playbook, enthralling fans while insisting all is well in the White House despite weeks of turbulence. He also took aim at his favorite foil, the "dishonest" news...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, pointing to Sunni Islamist militants in Syria fighting against its allies in Damascus, told the Munich Security Conference that the use of chemical weapons can never be condoned. Damascus, an ally of majority-shiite Iran, this week rejected a...

The US-led coalition assisting Iraqi forces in their war on ISIS on Sunday praised the militias involved in the fighting, despite some of those groups' links to Iran. The coalition, which nominally includes more than 60 nations, has been keen to keep its distance with the Hashed al-Shaabi, a...

US-backed fighters captured a village in northern Syria on Saturday from members of the militant Islamic State group, bringing them closer to cutting a road linking two major IS-held cities in the country and closing in on the extremists’ de facto capital. The push came as Turkish Prime...

(Daily Mail)- The Russian Defence Ministry has published a video showing a building being bombed after saying it had struck an Islamic State base in Syria.  The ministry said in a statement that the Tupolev-95 bombers had taken off from Russia and flown over Iran and Iraq to get to...

(The Telegraph)- Dozens of people held roses in tribute to the "hero" British chef who died fighting Isil in Syria as his body arrived back into the UK. Ryan Lock, 20, shot himself to avoid being captured by jihadists in northern Syria, near the city of Raqqa - the capital of Islamic State...

(Middle East Eye)- Two Syrian children who have become powerful symbols of their homeland's conflict met on Saturday, vowing that "the war will not stop us" in spite of the horrific violence around them. Seven-year-old Bana al-Abed - whose Twitter account gave a tragic description of...

Iraqi forces launched an offensive on jihadists defending Mosul's west bank Sunday, in what could be the most brutal fighting yet in a four-month-old operation on the city. "Our forces are beginning the liberation of the citizens from the terror of Daesh," Iraqi Prime Minister Haider...

Turkey has presented two proposals to the United States for how to carry out a joint military operation to drive Islamic State from its stronghold in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported on Saturday. Ankara has said repeatedly that the planned operation should be...

An oil leak in a Saudi Aramco pipeline in eastern Saudi Arabia caused one death and three injuries, a Saudi newspaper said on Saturday. The Arabic-language daily al-Watan said on its Twitter account that the oil leak happened near the city of Abqaiq, where the oil giant has major oil...

A new version of a Trump administration travel ban will not stop green card residency holders or travelers already on planes from entering the United States, U.S. Secretary for Homeland Security John Kelly said on Saturday. U.S. President Donald Trump's initial attempt to clamp down for...

At least nine people were killed on Saturday when government forces launched a barrage of rockets that hit a funeral on the edges of the Syrian capital, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "seven rockets and several shells hit areas on the edges of Qabun", a...

Kenyan police have arrested two Kenyans who were deported from Turkey on suspicion of training with ISIS in neighboring Syria, officials said Saturday. Philip Tuimur, the regional police boss for Kenya's coastal region, said the man and woman were under investigation for joining a banned...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 16 civilians, including two women, were killed in the eastern neighborhoods of Damascus when the regime army rocked a funeral in al-Qaboun with surface-to-surface missiles, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday. The Britain-based monitoring group said...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 41 regime army troops, including 11 officers, have been buried in the coastal city of Tartus who had been killed in the past two weeks, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. The death toll included 2 general brigadiers, 2 lieutenant colonels and 8 lieutenants, mostly were...