The Arab League's Permanent Committee on Human Rights Tuesday urged the International Criminal Court prosecutor to urgently investigate "the crimes of the Israeli occupation" against Palestinians. "Israel is an oppressive and murderous entity and its politicians and officers must be...

Talks on Syria spearheaded by Russia in Astana failed to edge the seven-year conflict closer to a political settlement Tuesday and cast the future of diplomatic efforts to end the crisis into uncertainty. Backed by regime-allied Russia and Iran as well as rebel-supporting Turkey, the...

Syrian state media says regime troops have full control of the last rebel enclave in Syria's largest province following the evacuation of thousands of armed men and civilians. A Syrian security officer tells Al-Ikhbariya TV on Tuesday from the northern countryside of Homs province that...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian military police have arrested a Syrian army officer over looting properties of displaced people in southern Damascus suburbs, local activists said Tuesday. Regime soldiers were laso beaten by the Russian military police that urged people in the towns...