The wife of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been named as the leader of a so-called "anti-corruption campaign" that saw the once influential tycoon Rami Makhlouf stripped of his assets and confined to his home. Asma Al-Assad has been at the head of the campaign to seize Makhlouf's...

A roadside landmine hit a joint Russian-Turkish patrol in northwestern Syria Tuesday, leaving three Russian soldiers and an unspecified number of Turkish troops wounded. The Russian military said the attack happened while Russian and Turkish troops were patrolling the M4 highway in the...

Tunisia's Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh said Monday he will conduct a cabinet reshuffle in the coming days amid a row with the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, in what appears to be a step to remove Ennahda ministers in the government. Ennahda said Monday that it wants a new government,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 18 people killed and dozens wounded in airstrikes pounded the eastern province of Deir Ezzor on Saturday, media activist told Zaman al-Wasl. 10 civilians were killed and 13 more were wounded in regime and Russia’s airstrikes on al-Salihiya town in the...