The Turkish army and allied Syrian rebels have captured the western outskirts of the ISIS-held city of al-Bab, a rebel official and war monitor said on Wednesday, escalating their assault as the Syrian army also advanced on the city. "With last night's assault, ISIS' defenses have been...

(The Independent)- Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric was used against him by state lawyers during an appeals court hearing into the President's controversial hardline immigration ban. The attorneys-general of Washington and Minnesota have claimed Mr Trump acted in "bad faith in an effort...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call overnight to act together regarding the Islamic State controlled Syrian towns of al-Bab and Raqqa, Turkish presidential sources said on Wednesday. The two leaders discussed issues including a safe zone in...

(Daily Mail)- Boris Johnson yesterday said he was 'sickened' by reports that Bashar al-Assad's regime tortured and hanged 13,000 political prisoners in four years. Amid compelling evidence that the Syrian president's henchmen carried out an unprecedented 'policy of extermination', the Foreign...

Mexicans approve of President Enrique Pena Nieto's decision to withdraw from a planned summit with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, even as the Mexican leader's popularity has sunk to a four-year low, a poll showed on Tuesday. The survey, by polling firm Buendia & Laredo, showed that 64...

Bayern Munich’s Douglas Costa scored a first-half winner as the holders did the very bare minimum to beat VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 Tuesday and move into the German Cup quarterfinals. The Brazilian’s 18th-minute shot, which was deflected past ’keeper Koen Casteels by Wolfsburg’s Luiz Gustavo, was...

The U.S. Army will grant the final permit for the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline after an order from President Donald Trump to expedite the project despite opposition from Native American tribes and climate activists. In a court filing on Tuesday, the Army said that it would allow...

Rohi Atassi was among 117 immigrants to become the newest American citizens during a Chicago naturalization ceremony Tuesday, but the Syrian dentist stood out among his peers. The 29-year-old was unexpectedly asked to lead immigrants from 37 countries in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance....

By David Patrikarakos ( RFE/RL )- 2017, it seems, will be no less chaotic than its predecessor -- an aphorism made plain by a mere glance at the state of international politics extending from Paris to Washington. But nowhere is this trend clearer than in that most tumultuous of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime’s vacuum missiles killed three people in central Hama province on Tuesday, activists said as regime and rebels swapped dozens of women prisoners and hostages, some of them with their children.  The missile attack targeted the villages of al-Jaberiya, Aydoun...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A statement issued by the first lawful judge in Damascus  encouraging second marriage to lessen the war losses and to reduce spinsterhood has sparked anger amid regime supporters on Tuesday. Judge Mahmoud Marawi told state-run Tishreen Newspaper that second marriage is...

The Syrian government and rebel groups swapped dozens of women prisoners and hostages, some of them with their children, in Hama province Tuesday evening, pro-opposition activists said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based opposition-aligned group, said government...

The head of the U.S. Air Force urged caution Tuesday in increasing the pace of the air war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. President Donald Trump made accelerating the fight against ISIS a central plank of his campaign and has pledged to intensify bombing of the militant group. General...

The Scottish parliament, in a symbolic motion, voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to reject Britain's march towards the EU exit, with the semi-autonomous government warning Scotland would not be "humiliated." The Scottish government said the vote – backed by nearly three quarters of Scottish...

(Sky News)- A director of the holiday company TUI has admitted they still do not warn tourists if destinations are considered to be at a high risk of terrorist attack. Commercial director Andrew Flintham was questioned at the inquests into the deaths of 30 Britons, who were among 38 people...

A Syrian-born artist's towering anti-war installation was opened Tuesday in Germany -- three passenger buses placed vertically like an Aleppo sniper barricade -- but the event was marred by heckling far-right protesters. About 100 members of the Islamophobic and anti-immigration PEGIDA...

(New York Times)- Marhaf Homsi was not impressed with the baklava situation in New York. The pastries were too sweet for his taste, and there was often a filler like semolina mixed in with the nuts. The nuts themselves were pulverized and powdery, ruining the texture of the confection....

(The Globe And Mail)- It has been nearly two months since Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces captured the besieged city of Aleppo, with support from Russia and Iran, wreaking carnage upon the civilian population and thrusting the Syrian crisis back onto the front pages of newspapers....

 A Saudi billionaire's pan-Arab TV news channel was declared "dead" on Tuesday, ending a two-year search for a new home after it was shut down by the Bahraini authorities. Bahrain pulled the plug on the Alarab News Channel in February 2015 after it aired an interview with a Shiite...

The Russian military is denying that its warplanes have attacked the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Tuesday that Russian warplanes haven't conducted a single strike on Idlib this year. Syrian opposition activists...