(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime increases its bombardment on the towns and cities of eastern Ghouta, in Damascus suburb, resulting in a number of injured and killed. Douma city coordination council announced that five people so far were killed as a result of the regime bombing the city on...

Hillary Clinton cast her vote early Tuesday near her home in New York state, as America chooses whether to make her its first woman president, or elect the populist Donald Trump. Chanting "Madam President," about 150 supporters turned out to cheer on the Democratic nominee who voted with...

Islamic State fighters abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces members near the militant stronghold of Mosul and also forced 1,500 families to retreat with them from Hammam al Alil town, the United Nations human rights organization said on Tuesday. The abductions took place last week as...

(The Daily Star)- Yemeni troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike killed six suspected Al-Qaeda fighters outside the southeastern port city of Mukalla Tuesday, a security official said. Mukalla was the most populous Yemeni city under Al-Qaeda control until government troops and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 people, including 3 children and 2 women, have been killed in regime air strikes on the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, volunteer rescuing group said Tuesday. The Civil Defense said tens more were wounded in the attack on the southern...

(The Guardian)- Facebook has agreed to “pause” its plan to use data from UK users of messaging service WhatsApp for advertising and product improvement purposes across the rest of its business, after an intervention from the UK information commissioner. Elizabeth Denham wrote to Facebook in...

Syrian government forces were battling rebels for control of a strategically significant district of Aleppo on Tuesday, in what could be the most important advance in the divided city by Damascus and its allies in several weeks. Combatant sources gave differing accounts of the situation in...

Scrambling to defuse a massive scandal, South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday conceded to lawmakers the power to name her new prime minister, a move that could seriously hurt, or even destroy, her ability to govern. Park, who has faced tens of thousands of protesters and an...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused Berlin on Tuesday of allowing the Kurdish militant PKK and far-leftist DHKP-C, both of which have carried out armed attacks in Turkey, to operate on German soil with impunity. "The DHKP-C and PKK are carrying out activities in Germany, but...

(Daily Star)- Turkey wants to ensure that the "wrong groups" do not take part in the operation to push Islamic State from the Syrian city of Raqqa and the offensive is weeks away from starting, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. Cavusoglu told a news conference that the...

(The Guardian)- A Syrian man quietly arrived in Cambodia on Sunday, becoming just the sixth refugee detained by Australia on Nauru to take up an offer of resettlement in the third-party country since a $40m deal was signed two years ago. The country’s immigration chief, General Sok Phal,...

With hours to go before Americans vote, Democrat Hillary Clinton has about a 90 percent chance of defeating Republican Donald Trump in the race for the White House, according to the final Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project. Her chances are roughly similar to last week's odds, and any...

Turkish-backed ground forces and coalition airstrikes have killed 12 ISIS fighters in northern Syria, the military said Tuesday. In a statement, the General Staff said Turkey hit 57 ISIS and one PKK/PYD target on Monday, including defensive positions and mortars, as part of Operation...

(Daily Sabah)- Italian authorities are investigating the theft of a 17th-century painting from an earthquake-damaged church, one of the first suspected victims of looting from last month's quakes that have sent officials racing to recover priceless artworks before thieves and the elements get to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime's military police and security forces have arrested 139 young men participated in a marathon organized in Latakia last Sunday who were escaping the conscription, sources said. A source within the military police and supportive to the opposition confirmed to...

A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance pushed closer to Raqqa in Syria while Iraqi forces seized a key town near Mosul as offensives progressed against the two ISIS strongholds. After announcing the launch of the long-awaited assault on Raqqa on Sunday, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance...

(Zaman al-Wasl) Journalists Without Borders announced Monday evening that it awarded its Press Freedom prize for 2016 to the colleague, journalist and activist Hadi Abdullah, “who did not hesitate to go to dangerous areas where no western journalist would go to film and investigate with...

(The Guardian)- Héctor Bellerín is close to agreeing a contract extension at Arsenal after his agent held productive talks in London last week. The Spain defender has been in sparkling form for Arsène Wenger’s side this season, helping them remain unbeaten since the opening day of the...

Iraqi police forces said they found a mass grave at the agricultural college in an area that was recaptured from ISIS on Monday. The grave was found in Hamam al-Alil area, about 14 kilometers (8 miles) from the southern outskirts of Mosul, the last ISIS-held Iraqi city. "Federal police...

The offensive to seize Mosul, ISIS' last major stronghold in Iraq, has resulted in fewer refugees than expected so far, US government officials said Monday. Since the beginning of the US-backed Iraqi forces' advance three weeks ago, the fighting has displaced "just over 33,000 people," a US...