Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that the whole world benefited from a strong European Union and that the bloc and his country needed to lead the international economy in challenging times. Trudeau told the European Parliament that the Union was an unprecedented model for...

Syrian President Bashar Assad lashed out at his French counterpart Thursday, accusing Francois Hollande of sponsoring terror in Syria and encouraging Western nations to reset their relations with his pariah government, after six years of civil war. The comments, which came in an interview...

The sculpted mud domes of the villages southeast of Aleppo are collapsing from war damage and neglect after years on the front line between Syria's army and Islamic State militants, their inhabitants long since gone. But in Aleppo's Jibreen shelter, home to refugees who have been unable or...

Russia's defense minister Thursday warned Washington not to try to negotiate with Moscow "from a position of strength" ahead of the first meeting between their military chiefs since Donald Trump became U.S. president. "We are ready to restore cooperation with the Pentagon," minister Sergei...

Turkish bombardment of an ISIS-held town in Syria has killed 24 civilians, activists said Thursday, but Turkey's army said only "terrorists" died in the operation. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead in airstrikes and shelling on the town of Al-Bab in the last 24 hours...

U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura called Thursday for greater efforts in the push for peace in Syria, as he visited Moscow ahead of a fresh round of talks in Geneva. De Mistura was in Russia for meetings with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as the United Nations...

Syria's President Bashar Assad said President Donald Trump's ban on Syrians entering the United States targeted terrorists, not the Syrian people, appearing to defend the logic of the measure in an interview broadcast Thursday. Trump last month issued an executive order, since suspended by a...

 Kazakhstan said a new round of talks on the Syria conflict backed by Russia, Turkey and Iran and endorsed by the United Nations were going ahead Thursday after a day's delay. A plenary session involving all three power-brokers and delegations from the Syrian government and opposition...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- The Fifth Legion, or Faylaq al-Khames, the regime's newly-formed reservists faction, has urged university students to join its ranks to get benefit of a package of merits and money. The legion leadership distributed their statement on university campuses and on the offices of...

(Daily Mail)- This is the terrifying moment a suicide bomber blows himself up just yards from a group of Syrian rebel soldiers. But the ISIS soldier was somewhat unsuccessful in his mission, as he wasn't close enough to take anyone with him when the bomb went off.  It has sparked...

Warring Libyan factions tentatively agreed late Tuesday on an Egypt-brokered road map to heal divisions with the creation of a joint committee to negotiate reconciliation and elections by February 2018. The deal comes after months of diplomatic efforts by Egypt, culminating this week with...

Of all the ramifications of the Brexit vote, the fate of the Shetland Islands in the North Atlantic and their oil fields and fisheries may not top the list for negotiators in London and Brussels. But the prospect of a new bid for Scottish independence as Britain leaves the EU is making some...

A South Korean court began deliberating on Thursday whether to issue an arrest warrant for a Samsung heir in connection to a massive corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of the country's president. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong walked into the Seoul Central...

(CNN)- The Defense Department might propose that the US send conventional ground combat forces into northern Syria for the first time to speed up the fight against ISIS, CNN has learned. "It's possible that you may see conventional forces hit the ground in Syria for some period of time," one...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS has fortified its self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa as Kurdish-led forces backed by US airstrikes have been advancing in the northern and western countryside, activists said Thursday. More shields have been installed, landmines have been planted and suicide bombers are...

Reporting by Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Bashar Manaa, a 16-year-old boy from Idlib province have been suffering of almost complete paralysis due to an injury happened 3 months ago when he was removing a rubble of regime airstrikes. Bashar’s uncle said that he was injured when his family...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes flared again between Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and Jund al-Aqsa in Idlib and Hama provinces as negotiations to end the infighting failed on Wednesday, local activist said. The activist who spoke on condition of anonymity attributed the erupting clashes to Jund al-Aqsa...

(Al-Monitor)- There are strong signals coming from Amman that Jordan is calibrating its strategy on Syria in light of recent political and military developments. At the heart of this shift lies Jordan’s readiness to chart a more independent course in dealing with the regime of Syrian President...

Countries opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad will meet on Friday for the first time since Donald Trump's U.S. administration took office, to seek common ground ahead of U.N.-backed peace talks in Geneva next week. The talks on the sidelines of a G20 foreign ministers meeting come as...

ISIS will put up a tough fight in the western side Mosul that remains under its control despite the losses the group suffered so far in the battle for the Iraqi, a U.S. commander said on Wednesday. "It is hard and hard every day here," Colonel Patrick Work, commander of the 2nd Brigade,...