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126 nightclub singers, dancers wanted by ISIS: list

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 126 singers and dancers who had worked in Syrian nightclubs are wanted by the Islamic State, according to an ISIS document obtained by Zaman al-Wasl. The wanted women are used to dance and sing in the nightclubs of Raqqa, Aleppo and idlib provinces, an ISIS...

Activists: Syrian regime army kills 17 rebels in Daraa

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists say regime forces set off explosives planted at a farm where Islamic rebel factions were gathering, killing 17fighters, AP reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the explosion took place late Saturday in the village of Kfar Shams...

Three killed and 11 injured in Egypt explosion

(Al Arabiya)- A senior Egyptian judge died on Sunday of wounds he sustained in an explosion that also killed two people and injured 11 others in the city of Giza, Al Arabiya News Channel and local media reported. Vice president of the Egyptian State Lawsuit Authority Rashwan Hussein Rashwan...

Actor Baron Cohen and wife give $1m for Syrian refugees

British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife are donating $1 million (900,000 euros) to help Syrian refugees, the charities receiving the money announced Sunday. The ‘Borat’ star and actress wife Isla Fisher are giving $500,000 to Save the Children to pay for measles vaccinations...

Eight killed in Dallas area amid tornadoes, flooding

Eight people died in the greater Dallas area as a storm system brought tornadoes and flooding on Saturday, increasing the death toll from harsh weather in the southern United States this week to 26, according to officials and local media. Authorities in Garland confirmed that...

Russia says air force has not hit civilian targets in Syria

Russian air forces have not hit civilian targets since they started a bombing campaign in Syria nearly three months ago, a senior Russian officer said in an interview with Rossiya 24 television. London-based rights group Amnesty International said this week that Russia's bombing of Syria had...

PKK kills baby, grandfather in southeast Turkey

PKK terrorist organization killed a three-month-old baby and her grandfather in Turkey's southeastern Sirnak province Saturday, local security sources told Anadolu Agency. The incident took place in the province’s Cizre town. The baby named Miray Ince reportedly got shot when her aunt Rukiye...

Floods in Britain prompt emergency government talks

Britain's government was holding emergency talks Sunday as flooding in northern England forced hundreds of people to leave their homes, including in the historic tourist destination of York. Prime Minister David Cameron will chair a call of the COBRA emergency committee as the floods cause...

Syria rebel group will survive leader’s death

(The National- Hassan Hassan)- Zahran Alloush, the former leader of Jaish Al Islam who was killed by Russian air strikes on Friday evening near Damascus, was more widely mourned than any other opposition figure since the start of the Syrian conflict. He has also been condemned for having made...

US reports 17 strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria

The United States and its allies conducted 17 airstrikes on Christmas Day against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement on Saturday. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted five airstrikes using attack and remotely piloted aircraft, targeting...

Latakia: Turkmen rebels take hilltop from regime army

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels took a strategic hilltop in coastal Latakia province from regime forces and allied Hezbollah fighters on Saturday, activists said. Turkmen rebels were able to recaptured Tal Ghazala hill after days of being seized by regime troops. Meanwhile, clashes are...

US-backed alliance captures key dam from ISIS: official

A U.S-backed alliance of Syrian Kurds and Arab rebel groups, backed by U.S. coalition planes, captured a dam on Saturday from ISIS, cutting a main supply route of the militants across the Euphrates, an alliance spokesman said. Col. Talal Selo said the seizure of the dam helps isolate the...