At least 11 ISIS militants were killed in northern Syria in the last 24 hours as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield, according to a Turkish General Staff statement released on Wednesday. Turkish Air force also hit 12 ISIS targets in al-Bab region, including six weapons pits, two...

U.S. Republican and Democratic senators said Tuesday they want to slap a wide range of sanctions on Russia over its cyber activities and actions in Syria and Ukraine, and force President Donald Trump to formally waive them if he has objections. Ten senators - Republicans John McCain, Lindsey...

Five officials from the United Arab Emirates were among the dead in a bombing in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, the Emirates' official WAM news agency said Wednesday. The officials were "on a mission to carry out humanitarian, educational and development projects", the news agency...

(CNN)- Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump, multiple US officials with direct knowledge of the briefings tell CNN. The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The aerial bombing on the besieged northern countryside of Homs province killed 338 people in 2016, Civil Defense said Tuesday. The rescuing group that operates in rebel-held areas said the regime warplanes backed by key ally Russia had conducted 895 raids in 2016, leaving 71...

U.S. President Barack Obama, in an interview aired on Israeli television on Tuesday, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu policy backing settlements in occupied territory is making a future Palestinian state impossible. "Bibi says that he believes in the two-state solution and yet his...

(Al-Monitor)- Many Syrians who have lived through the six years of the Syrian civil war have been forced to change their work, study or specialty fields as they have been displaced from their hometowns. Some young Syrians have been highly innovative and displayed excellence in their new...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday exchanged views on Syrian issue in a phone conversation, according to the diplomatic sources.  The sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said the two leaders discussed the Syrian...

Pope Francis will grant Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas an audience at the Vatican on Saturday, the Holy See confirmed indirectly Tuesday by announcing arrangements for media coverage of the visit. It will be the third time Francis has met Abbas following an encounter during the...

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said on Tuesday the U.S. intelligence community's report concluding that Russia orchestrated hacks during the 2016 presidential campaign was based on a mix of human sources, collection of technical data and open-source information. Clapper,...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Major differences can be observed in the planned peace talks in Kazakhstan's Astana between Turkey, Russia and Iran, the regional powers that most involved in Syria's proxy war. This discord clearly indicates that the understanding which was drafted in Moscow triple...

(Memri)- On January 8, 2017, the media office of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Al-Khayr province, Syria, released a video showing children beheading and shooting men accused of spying for the Kurds. The video, titled "He Revived Me With His Blood," was posted on the ISIS-affiliated leading jihadi...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said in new report the Syrian regime helicopters had dropped 12,958 barrel bombs in 2016 on rebel-held areas throughout Syria. Most of these barrel bombs were dropped in Damascus suburbs, followed by Aleppo and then Hama, Idlib, Daraa, and Homs....

The meetings of the Preparatory Committee of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) have been launched in the Lebanese capital with wide participation of representatives from all Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups. The two-day meetings are currently held in the...

The new U.N. secretary-general is urging the world organization and its 193 member states to stop focusing on responding to conflicts and do far more to prevent war and sustain peace. Antonio Guterres said Tuesday in his first speech to the Security Council that the multiplication of...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday relations with northern neighbor Turkey could "not move forward one step" without a withdrawal of Turkish forces from a camp in northern Iraq, state television reported. Turkish forces have been stationed at Bashiqa camp near Mosul since...

(Al-Arabiya)- ISIS has recently begun airing a weather forecast and created a cartoon for children. According to SITE which follows up on news related to terrorist groups, ISIS on Monday aired its weather forecast covering its “caliphate territories” in Syria, Iraq, Egypt’s Sinai and Libya....

Iraqi forces pushed Islamic State fighters back further in Mosul on Tuesday in a renewed effort to seize the northern city and deal a decisive blow to the militant group, though progress was slower in some districts, the army said. Iraqi forces and their allies have captured villages and...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS on Tuesday has recaptured an ancient citadel from U.S.-backed militias in its stronghold of Raqqa province, after five days since it had been seized by the Kurdish-led alliance, activists and the Islamic State accounts said. The Jabar citadel on the banks of Lake...

Britain will be in the "front seat" to negotiate a new trade deal with the incoming administration of Donald Trump, a top Republican in the United States Senate said, the BBC reported. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker said after meeting British Foreign Secretary Boris...