Islamic State militants have placed booby traps across the city of Mosul, dug tunnels and recruited children as spies in anticipation of an offensive to dislodge the jihadists from their Iraqi stronghold, Iraqis and U.S. officials said. Mosul, home to up to 1.5 million people, has been the...

Islamic State militants in northern Syria are putting up "stiff resistance" to attacks by Turkish-backed rebel fighters, Turkey's military said on Wednesday, almost two months after it launched an incursion to drive them away from its border. Supported by Turkish tanks and air strikes, the...

A senior British lawmaker has accused Russia of targeting civilians in Syria in the same way the Nazis behaved at Guernica during the Spanish civil war of the 1930s. Andrew Mitchell, a lawmaker in Prime Minister Theresa May's ruling Conservatives and a former Secretary of State for...

At least 14 people were killed and 36 others wounded when a gunman attacked a Shia shrine in the Afghan capital Kabul, authorities said Tuesday. Interior Ministry Spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said one of the victims of the attack was a police officer. The attack occurred when worshippers...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Tens of Khan al-Sheeh camp locals in the Western Ghouta suburbs protested the difficult humanitarian conditions they suffer in the light of the enforced siege and almost daily targeting of the camp by regime forces and Russian warplanes using all kinds of weapons including...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Resistance forces seized village from regime army in Hama province, killing dozen of troops and allied militants, local media center said. Activists and Hama media center said the Resistance had taken control of the village of Kawkab in the northern countryside...

"Game of Thrones" actor Liam Cunningham paid a surprise visit on Tuesday to a teenage Syrian refugee now in possession of a German visa and living in Stuttgart, a month after first meeting him in Jordan. Cunningham, who plays Ser Davos Seaworth in the HBO television channel hit medieval...

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Tuesday called for Russia to be investigated for war crimes over its role in Syria and for protests to take place outside Moscow’s embassy. Johnson spoke in parliament for the first time as the U.K.’s foreign minister during an emergency debate on...

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Tuesday the Middle East was in a phase of escalating tension and there appeared to be no prospect of a political solution to the war in Syria. "The regional scene is currently one of tension and escalation, and it...

Spanish police have arrested two men accused of belonging to Islamic State and a third man accused of spreading Islamist militant messages on social media, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. Police detained a Spaniard of Moroccan origin and a Moroccan national said to have been...

In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki discussed a host of issues, including the rapid changes currently convulsing the Arab world, Turkey’s recent failed coup attempt, Turkish support for Syrian refugees and the EU's failure to fulfill its...

U.S. President Barack Obama will consider a variety of responses to Russia's hacking of political party organizations and it is possible that any action may not be announced publicly, the White House said on Tuesday. "There are a range of responses that are available to the president and he...

A 22-year-old Syrian refugee arrested in Germany on Monday had ties to Islamic State, Germany's spy chief said on Tuesday, but intelligence sources said there was no evidence he was receiving orders from the militant group. Hans-Georg Maassen, head of the domestic intelligence agency, told...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Shiite militias have encircled the Old City of Damascus to celebrate Ashura rituals, local activists said Tuesday. The Lebanese and Iraqi militants circulated on residents of old Damascus to enter on Tuesday before 6 p.m. for cars due to closed roads until Wednesday...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has canceled a visit to Paris next week after President Francois Hollande said he would see him only for talks on Syria - the latest episode in deteriorating relations between Moscow and the West. French officials have been grappling for ways to put new...

The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia said on Tuesday he was confident the United Nations would make "significant" progress on tougher sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program, despite apparent differences with China over targeting coal exports. China appears to have pushed back...

President Tayyip Erdogan warned Iraq's prime minister he should "know his limits" after he criticized Turkey's military presence there and said the Turkish army, shaken by a failed coup bid, had not lost so much standing as to take orders from him. NATO member Turkey shares a 1,200 km...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 28 civilians have been killed on Tuesday in War-torn Aleppo city as regime warplanes backed by Russian jets wage the fiercest aerial campaign in 5 years, local reporter said. The Russian fighter jets using advanced missiles pounded al-Ferdous neighborhood, killing 13...

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag will meet US Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Oct. 26 and 27 to discuss Turkey's official request for the provisional arrest of terrorist leader Fetullah Gulen. "I am heading to the U.S. on Oct. 25. We have a meeting with the Attorney General on Oct. 26...

Top bankers warned on Tuesday they could start moving staff abroad as early as next year if there is no clarity on whether Britain will retain access to the European single market when it leaves the EU. Senior executives from European divisions of some of the world's biggest financial...