President Donald Trump made a messy case that he “inherited a mess” from his predecessor. Economic stats and territorial losses of Daesh (ISIS) insurgents don’t support his assertions about the problems handed to him on those fronts.A look at some of his claims in a news conference Thursday and...

The Hezbollah leader's harsh words for Israel and U.S. President Donald Trump this week were aimed at drawing "red lines" to prevent any threatening action against Lebanon or the group, a source familiar with the group's thinking said on Friday. Trump and administration officials have used...

(Eqtsad)- Saad Abu al-Izz, one of the rebel workers in monitoring the movements of regime and Russia warplanes in the northern province of Idlib, seemed absorbed in following up fighter jets minute by minute. In the humble room which Saad uses for observation, the devices were releasing...

A three-year-old was killed and fifteen people were wounded on Friday by a car bomb in a southeastern Turkish town, provincial governor Gungor Azim Tuna was quoted as saying by state-run Anadolu news agency. The car exploded outside a housing complex for judges and prosecutors in the town of...

Two Syrian rescue workers said Friday they plan to travel to next week's Oscar ceremony, where their documentary "White Helmets" is nominated for an award, after weeks of uncertainty caused by U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban. Raed Saleh, the leader of the White Helmets, and...

An intelligence official says ISIS has attacked a battalion of state-sponsored militia southeast of Tikrit, killing at least eight militia members. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to brief reporters. ISIS claimed responsibility for the Friday attack...

(The Guardian)- An investigation commissioned by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) bolsters its claim that Russian and Syrian forces were responsible for the deadly bombing last year of a hospital it was supporting in northern Syria. Video and photographic images captured by medical staff,...

At least five soldiers were killed and two injured Friday by a roadside bomb in Egypt's restive Northern Sinai where the government faces an ISIS-led insurgency, medics and security sources said. The explosive device went off when an armored vehicle passed by killing and injuring the...

 Groups defending the French language are lodging legal protests over the English-only slogan used for Paris' 2024 Olympic bid. Lawyer Emmanuel Ludot said Friday that he has submitted a request with the government's rights defense authority to suspend use of the slogan "Made for...

The United States should not put its allies and Russia on the same footing, Germany's defense minister said Friday. "There cannot be a policy of equi-distance to allies and to those who openly question our values, our borders and international law," Ursula von der Leyen told the Munich...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15 civilians have been killed on Friday in US-led airstrikes on the northern countryside of Raqqa city, The local monitor that tracks war in ISIS-held areas said. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently campaign said the aerial bombing targeted Mazraet Tishreen north...

Jeanette Vizguerra fled to the United States from Mexico with her family after her husband was kidnapped three times, once with a gun to his head. Now, nearly 20 years later, she is seeking refuge again, this time in a church to avoid being deported as part of President Donald Trump's...

Turkey's military said on Friday it was close to taking the northern Syrian city of al-Bab from Islamic State, a victory that would deepen Turkish influence in an area where it has created a de facto buffer zone. Al-Bab, an Islamic State stronghold 30 km (20 miles) from the border, has been...

The death toll from a car bomb attack in a southern Baghdad neighborhood has reached 59 with 66 others injured, a police officer and medical sources said Friday. Authorities initially said the Thursday attack at an auto dealership in the al-Bayaa neighborhood killed at least 55 and wounded...

Nine civilians were killed in overnight Turkish bombardment of a extremist-held town in northern Syria, activists said Friday, but Ankara said the shelling killed 13 "terrorists". Three women were among those killed in the artillery fire on Al-Bab, which Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have...

U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura is still in the process of finalizing who will come to Syria peace talks in Geneva that start on Feb. 23, his spokeswoman Yara Sharif told a regular U.N. briefing Friday. She said there had already been positive responses to the invitations that had been...

Countries opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad, including the United States, backed continued efforts by the United Nations to broker a political solution to the bloody civil war in Syria, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Friday. "It is clear that all who met want a political...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has extended its aerial campaign on southern Daraa province as an alliance of 35 rebel and Islamist factions fight to take the biggest district in Daraa city from army and its allied militias, activists said Friday. The regime warplanes carried out at least 11...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Airstrikes on the besieged al-Waer neighborhood in Homs city have renewed on Friday, killing two people, including a child, and wounded several more, activists said. 25 civilians, including at least 7 children and a woman, have been killed and 130 people have been wounded by...

The lack of a winter break in English football took its toll on Liverpool players' fitness levels and played a part in the Merseyside club's poor form since the start of the year, manager Juergen Klopp has said. Liverpool's Premier League victory over Tottenham Hotspur Saturday not only...