Russia said on Friday that a draft U.N. resolution for a truce in the Syrian city of Aleppo was unacceptable, as Moscow faced growing international pressure to stop a devastating bombardment of the city backed by Russian air power. Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Cotton production has dramatically fell in the northeastern Hasaka province, while production almost disappeared in Eastern and Southern of Hasaka, due to high cost of culturing it and securing needed requirements, besides difficulties in selling it at acceptable prices to...

The Free Syrian Army (FSA) backed by the Turkish army has formed a security corridor of 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) in northern Syria through Operation Euphrates Shield, military sources said Friday. According to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to...

 A German court has convicted four men who procured tens of thousands of euros (dollars) worth of supplies for the ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham group in Syria of supporting a 'terrorist organization'. Lebanese citizen Kassem El-R., 33, was sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison Thursday by...