A Russian proposal to set up an advisory body in Amman to coordinate actions in Syria was rejected by the United States and its Western allies, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov as saying Friday. "Our minister proposed holding a telephone conversation...

A Syrian child with eye cancer was flown into Italy for treatment Thursday, becoming the first to benefit from a new humanitarian corridor hoping to stop desperate refugees from attempting an often deadly Mediterranean crossing to Europe. "So happy because we come to Italy,...

Tens of thousands of Syrians were reported to have fled their homes on Thursday as regime troops pressed a major Russian-backed offensive around second city Aleppo. Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking at a donors conference in London, said up to 70,000 people were...

Reporitng by Mohamed al-Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- 15 children died due to a suspected HINI flu last January in the PYD-cotrolled areas in the northeastern province of Hasaka, medical source told Zaman al-Wasl. The deadly flu cases were recorded in the predominantly...