(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 6 regime army soldiers and allied militants have been killed by the Islamic State in the eastern countryside side of Hama province, sources said. The soldiers were killed when a landmine exploded near the Ismaili-dominant city of Salamiya. 10 more soldiers reportedly...

European Union leaders condemned Russia on Friday for its bombing of civilians in Syria's besieged city of Aleppo but faced resistance from Italy to impose new sanctions against Moscow over the atrocities. Horrified by Russian air strikes on hospitals and an aid convoy that have killed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime warplanes on Friday have dropped at least 24  barrel bombs on farms and the camp of Khan al-Shih in the western countryside of Damascus local media center said. The media center of Khan al-Shih reported that 4 explosive barrels contained the Napalm,...

 Donald Trump endured boos at a charity event in New York and a biting attack by President Barack Obama as the Republican nominee's threat not to concede if he loses next month's elections roiled the race for the White House. Trump cast the United States into uncharted political waters...

 (The Daily Star)- A home for asylum seekers was set on fire in a Stockholm suburb early Friday, the second such incident in the Swedish capital in less than a week, police said. Police suspect arson in both cases, which caused no injuries. No arrests have been made. The nine asylum...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The clashes renewed Friday between regime forces and Resistance factions in Jobar, a besieged neighborhood of Damascus as explosions sounds were echoing throughout the capital, activists said. After calm in Jobar battlefield, the Resistance has launched an attack on different...

Britain sought to shame Russia on Friday for its deadly air strikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo, during a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council called by London to set up a special inquiry into violations. "Russia, you are making the situation worse, not solving it,"...

(theguardian)- Speaking at the Conservative party conference last month Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, set out a vision of Britain as a “soft power superpower”, projecting values through influence, ideas and the power of persuasion. If ever there were a time and a place for exercising our...

(BBC)- Islamic State (IS) militants have raided government buildings in and around the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Iraqi media reported that suicide bombers had attacked police stations and a power station, but that security forces had repelled the assaults. A news agency affiliated to IS...

(middle east eye)- The United Nations hopes to carry out the first medical evacuations from Aleppo on Friday, if the "humanitarian pause" in the Syrian army's Russian-backed assault on the city holds. Russia announced the ceasefire earlier this week as a "goodwill gesture," amid growing...

British American Tobacco said on Friday it had launched a $47-billion bid for control of rival Reynolds American, eying rapid expansion into US and emerging markets and e-cigarettes. The deal, worth the equivalent of 43 billion euros, would create the world's largest listed tobacco company...

Churches across the world are joining a Helsinki parish in ringing their bells daily to commemorate civilians killed in the battle for the Syrian city of Aleppo. The bell tolls started on Oct. 12 at the Lutheran parish of Kallio in Helsinki, following the intensified Russian and Syrian...

There is little doubt that walking many streets in Syria is a life-threatening experience. Syrian people experience bombing raids on a regular basis as news outlets provide the rest of the world with horrific images of war and suffering. The death toll is continuously rising and...

Gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked government targets in the Kurdish-controlled city of Kirkuk and killed 16 at an Iranian-run construction site further north on Friday as troops advanced on jihadist bastion Mosul. There was no immediate claim for the attacks but nearly all such raids...

 Tunisia's powerful UGTT labor union threatened on Thursday to hold a general strike and called protests against the government's plans to freeze public wage increases as part of measures to control the budget deficit. Under pressure from international lenders for reforms to cut spending,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 civilians from one family were killed when regime fighter jets rocked the town of Maershourin in northern Idlib province late on Thursday while 11 more were killed  throughout the rebel-held countryside, medics said. Just two children left from a family of nine...

Reporting by Mustafa mohamed (Eqtsad)- Although it is still too soon to talk about the coming new harvest in Northern Aleppo, however, relying on the wide area of the agricultural fertile land that were freed from the Islamic State, the recent situation is promising. In this regard, manager...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Iraqi refugees’ influx to al-Hol camp in northeastern Hasaka province has continued as a result of the ongoing Mosul battles between the U.S.-backed Iraqi army and Islamic State. The huge influx of refugees fleeing the Iraqi cities of Salah-Eddin and Nineveh has forced...

Furious over Russia’s bombardment of Aleppo, European leaders warned the Kremlin on Thursday that it could face new sanctions if it maintains its offensive against the besieged rebel-held part of the Syrian city. The sharp new rhetoric was a substantial departure for Europe’s 28 nations,...

(The Daily Star)- The Syrian military said on Thursday that it would bring down any Turkish war planes entering Syrian air space, a response to air strikes carried out by Turkey overnight in northern Syria. "Any attempt to once again breach Syrian airspace by Turkish war planes will be dealt...