Russian and Syrian armed forces will pause attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo for eight hours on Thursday to allow civilians and rebels to leave the city, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday. But Moscow ruled out a lasting ceasefire, a step that Western governments have been...

The European Union on Monday strongly condemned Russia for the bombardment of the Syrian city of Aleppo, saying devastating air strikes by Moscow and Damascus could amount to war crimes. EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg also warned that the 28-nation bloc could impose additional...

(The Daily Star)- A suicide driver detonated a car packed with explosives at a security check-point south of Baghdad Monday, killing ten people and wounding 25, police and medical sources said. The blast happened as a convoy of Shi'ite paramilitary fighters drove past the check-point in...

(The Daily Star)- Iran has rejected remarks by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that its policies in Syria and Yemen are blocking efforts to encourage banks to do business with it. In an interview published Friday, Kerry told Foreign Affairs magazine that Iranian support for Syrian...

(Now)- A high-ranking Hezbollah commander has been killed in Aleppo, the latest casualty suffered by the Lebanese party fighting on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.   A pro-Hezbollah outlet which publicizes funerals of the party's fighters killed "in confrontation with the...

Britain and France sought to persuade the European Union on Monday to condemn Russia's devastating air campaign in Syria and pave the way for imposing more sanctions on President Bashar al-Assad's government. After a weekend of U.S.-led diplomacy that failed to find a breakthrough, EU...

(sputnik)- A 49-year agreement between Russia and Syria on a Russian naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus is likely to be submitted to lower house lawmakers within a month, a Russian parliamentary source told RIA Novosti on Monday. Deputy Defense Minister Nikolay Pankov disclosed plans...

(The Daily Star)-  A 45-year-old Syrian was found stabbed to death at the entrance of his residence in south Lebanon, the National News Agency reported Monday. NNA said that the knife used in the murder was discovered inside the man's house, in the town of Doueir in the southern...

Daesh militants have been removed from nine towns and villages in northern Syria, including Dabiq and Sawran towns amid Turkey’s Euphrates Shield operation in the area.  According to a statement by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), Daesh lost the towns of Dabiq, Sawran and Ihtaimlat, and...

South Sudan’s military has accused rebels loyal to former vice president Riek Machar of breaking a ceasefire by attacking their positions along the Nile River. The army on Sunday accused the rebels of opening fire near Malakal town in the newly created Fashoda State on Friday. South...

British consumers were their most confident in five years in September, a survey showed on Monday, but the upbeat mood was not shared in London where most voters opposed leaving the European Union in June's Brexit referendum. The buoyant overall tone of the survey commissioned by business...

Seven Egyptian troops were killed and 14 others injured in a spate of militant attacks in the restive Sinai Peninsula on Sunday. Five army troops were killed when militants attacked their patrol in North Sinai’s city of Sheikh Zuweid, a local security source told Anadolu Agency. Snipers...

Turkey-backed Syrian rebels seized control of nine areas, including the village of Dabiq, from Islamic State on Sunday, largely achieving border security between the Turkish towns of Kilis and Karkamis, the country's military said on Monday. Taking control of Dabiq had eliminated the threat...

Donald Trump fired off an erratic new broadside at Hillary Clinton on Sunday, making more explosive claims that American media and a conspiracy to commit voter fraud are rigging the presidential election against him. Amid the latest Twitter blasts from the Republican White House nominee, his...

Turkish-trained forces are participating in the military operation to recapture Iraq’s northern city of Mosul from Daesh terrorist organization, the former Mosul governor said Monday.  Atheel Nujaifi, who is also the commander of Nineveh Guards, which were trained by Turkey in Bashiqa...

(skynews)- British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said Syrian President Bashar al Assad and the Russians cannot win the war in Syria. Mr Johnson was speaking at the conclusion of talks in London on the Syrian war, talks that included US Secretary of State John Kerry and counterparts...

A long-awaited offensive to seize back the Iraqi city of Mosul after two years of Isis control has begun, the country’s prime minister has announced. In an address on state television, Iraq’s Haider al-Abadi said: “We have been battling Isis for more than two years. We started fighting Isis in...

(theguardian)- Irish leaders have warned of an economic “disaster” on both sides of the border without decisive action to confront the effects of Britain’s impending departure from the EU. Amid warnings of “incalculable consequences” for the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland as the Brexit...

(theguardian)- A group of around 10 unaccompanied refugee children are expected to leave France for the the UK on Monday as part of the Home Office’s attempt to relocate children from the refugee camp in Calais before it is demolished. The 10 children follow an advance party of five – four...

Montenegro said it had foiled a plot by a group of Serbs who were planning to seize the prime minister and parliament and proclaim victory for the opposition after Sunday's tinderbox election. News of the arrest of 20 Serbs ratcheted up tensions in the small ex-Yugoslav state which were...