Army troops backed by pro-government tribal fighters have captured the Haditha-Biji road in Iraq’s western Anbar province from the Daesh terrorist group, according to military sources. The Iraqi army on Thursday launched a "broad operation" to retake the road, which lies some 160 kilometers...

During his seven-decade reign, King Bhumibol Adulyadej forged deep ties with Thailand's military, which is expected to remain a key power broker as the monarch's son tries to emerge from his late father's lengthy shadow. In a country battered by near-constant power struggles, Thailand's...

(Eqtsad)- The integration decision of Syrian students within the Turkish schools has caused confusion for Syrian students and their families due to differences in implementing the decision among states in Turkey, and even within the same state.  The ministry of Education has issued...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- 600 Free Syrian Army fighters with their families, who left two western suburbs of Damascus on Thursday, have arrived to the northern Idlib province, almost a month since the regime army has waged major offensive on Qudsaya and al-Hamah, seeking to clear out all rebel pockets...

Suspected Islamic militants attacked an army checkpoint in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday, killing 12 soldiers and wounding another eight, according to security and medical officials. They said the attack took place about 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of the Suez Canal near the town of...

The US-led coalition is increasing airstrikes in and around the militant-held city of Mosul as Iraqi ground forces build up ahead of a planned operation to retake the city, it said in a statement Friday. The coalition said its planes had conducted more than 50 airstrikes against the Islamic...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday approved a law ratifying Moscow's deal with Syria to deploy its forces in the country indefinitely, in a move seen as firming their long-term presence. The agreement - signed between Moscow and Damascus in August 2015 - allowed Russia to establish its...

Foreign academics have told Anadolu Agency Turkey’s military intervention in northern Syria will deliver a quick defeat of Daesh. In interviews conducted on the sidelines of the Al-Sharq Forum's Istanbul conference on Oct. 8 and 9, the academics said the West needed to be more cooperative...

Saudi Arabia and Japan's SoftBank Group (9984.T) will create a technology investment fund that could grow as large as $100 billion, making it one of the world's largest private equity investors and a potential kingpin in the industry. The move is part of a series of dramatic business...

Syrian opposition activists are reporting intense airstrikes on rebel-held neighborhoods of the northern city of Aleppo amid clashes between government forces and rebels. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Friday reported dozens of overnight airstrikes on eastern...

The mother faced an anguished decision: choosing which of her children to save. With hunger gripping this remote region of South Sudan, Elizabeth Athiel could either get urgent medical attention for her 8-month-old daughter, Anger, or make sure her other five children could eat. The...

A total of 62 Daesh terrorist targets were destroyed in an operation carried out by U.S.-led coalition forces in northern Syria Thursday as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield, according to a Turkish military source.  In an emailed statement to Anadolu Agency, the source, who...

The U.S. opposes the participation of the PKK terrorist group in an upcoming campaign to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul, the State Department said Thursday. "We clearly view the PKK as a terrorist organization so we would not be supporting them," as part of the Mosul campaign, agency...

 A military victory in Aleppo would provide the Syrian army a springboard from which to liberate other areas of the country from "terrorists," President Bashar Assad said in an interview with a Russian media outlet. In an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda released Thursday, Assad said...

India will take its drive to isolate Pakistan and rally the international community against cross-border militancy to a summit of emerging market powers this weekend, when it hosts BRICS nations in the western state of Goa. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the gathering of leaders from...

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday that the Syrian army's capture of Aleppo, which has come under renewed bombardment in an effort to seize its rebel-held sector, would be "a very important springboard" to pushing "terrorists" back to Turkey. Rescue workers said that Syria's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 30 people, mostly FSA fighters, were killed after a car bomb exploded on Thursday near a checkpoint close to the Bab al-Salama crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in northern Aleppo province, Reuters and activists said. They said the blast took place near a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian army's defector Colonel Imad al-Karrad, the commander of Homs al-Waleed Brigade, was assassinated by two gunmen riding motorbike in the village of Tal-Shihab in southern Daraa province, sources said Thursday.  Al-Karrad was born in the Old City of Daraa, known...

FIFA executives will make a final decision on World Cup reform in January after weighing up three proposals on Thursday, as president Gianni Infantino pushes plans to grow the lucrative tournament. Infantino said it was possible that FIFA will leave the competition as a 32-team event, but he...

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump can be pursued for some claims made by investors in a hybrid hotel-condo tower in Toronto bearing his name, according to a Canadian court ruling released on Thursday. An Ontario appeals court reversed an earlier decision to throw out a case...