French and Kurdish forces in northern Iraq were attacked by an exploding drone, the Pentagon said Wednesday, adding a new worry to the wars in Iraq and Syria as militant groups learn to weaponize their store-bought drones. Air Force Col. John Dorrian, the spokesman for the U.S.-led military...

Renewed bombing of rebel-held eastern Aleppo has killed more than 150 people this week, rescue workers said on Thursday, as the Syrian government steps up its Russian-backed offensive to take the whole city. Air strikes against rebel-held areas of eastern Aleppo had tapered off over the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army fighters to leave two western suburbs of Damascus on Thursday, heading northern Idlib province, almost a month since the regime army has waged major offensive on Qudsaya and Hamah, seeking to clear out all rebel pockets surrounding the capital, local activists...

It is inevitable that big U.S. banks will move activities from London in the coming years following Britain's decision to leave the European Union, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Thursday. Senior U.S. bankers who Sapin met with last week in Washington indicated that they were...

(Marca)- Deportivo La Coruna are set to be travelling to face Lionel Messi as well as Barcelona after the Argentine returned to training with the first-team three weeks after succumbing to injury.  The 29-year-old was sidelined after suffering a groin injury during the Blaugrana's 1-1...

About 300 people gathered at a Bangkok hospital on Thursday where Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, is in an unstable condition as the government urged jittery stock market investors to ignore rumors. The palace said in a statement late on Wednesday...

Japan will lease additional land next year to expand a military base in Djibouti, eastern Africa, as a counterweight to what it sees as growing Chinese influence in the region, three Japanese government sources said. China is seeking closer ties with African nations that could help it gain...

(Eqtsad)- Vine agriculture in southern Daraa province in the last 5 years has witnessed significant drop down, due to military actions in the region, especially in the countryside, which led to huge displacement toward safer areas. The raise in the price of primary materials and lack of...

Moscow and Washington have pledged to try again to negotiate a lasting ceasefire for war-ravaged Syria, committing to multilateral weekend talks in Europe, after the last attempt collapsed amid bitter recriminations. Syria has been plunged into some of the worst violence of the five-year...

The U.S. military launched cruise missile strikes on Thursday to knock out three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi forces, retaliating after failed missile attacks this week on a U.S. Navy destroyer, U.S. officials said. The strikes, authorized by...

Reporting by Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Ajnad al-Sham fighter attacked days ago al-Asali Martyrs school in al-Qadam, southern suburb of  Damascus, assaulting a number of teachers, beating them and cursing them to prevent them from opening the school. The situation created panic among...

Reporting by Mustafa Mohamed (Eqtsad)- Salim Akil, a Syrian Engineer has won “Forbes Award” for the best promising project in the middle East 2016 for his "MINA network", the Business to Business (B2B) company that is specialized in online marketing. The network is based in Dubai, considered...

A Syrian migrant suspected of planning a bomb attack on a Berlin airport has committed suicide in a detention center in Leipzig, the Justice Ministry for the state of Saxony said on Wednesday. Investigators believe Jaber Albakr, 22, who arrived in Germany last year, was close to staging an...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The General Commander of Ahrar al-Sham movement announced complete eradication of Jund al-Aqsa with support of other military formations. Mohannd al-Masri, the general commander of Ahrar ah-Sham has via a recorded statement declared: “we have eradicated the gang of Jund...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart in Switzerland on Saturday to discuss Syria, officials said on Wednesday, as a devastating bombing campaign of the city of Aleppo intensified. The Syrian government launched an assault to capture rebel-held areas of Aleppo...

The U.S. military has taken advanced system into Iraq to fight Daesh’s flying explosives, a U.S.-led coalition’s spokesman said Wednesday. “We've seen the enemy use a variety of drones and improvised drones and modified drones,” Col. John Dorian told reporters in a videoconference call from...

European Union (EU) countries need to start phasing out coal substantially from their energy mix for the EU to be able to hit its climate targets as outlined in the COP21 agreement in Paris, Patrick Graichen, executive director of Agora Energiewende, said at the World Energy Congress in Istanbul...

French President Francois Hollande told the authors of a book just published that "France has a problem with Islam", comments that risk dividing his party before next year's presidential election. Hollande made the remarks to the two authors of "A President Shouldn't Say That...." in...

Heavy air strikes on rebel-held areas in the city of Aleppo killed 25 people on Wednesday, most of them at a market, a rescue service said, as the Syrian regime and Russia pursued their joint offensive to capture the whole city. Syrian and Russian military officials could not immediately be...

Forces loyal to Yemen's exiled government clashed with Houthi fighters over a strategic town close to the border with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in a sign a new front may be opening in the 19-month-old civil war. Officials from the internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabu...