Syrian Trade Minister said the government's decision to cut bread allocations has been reversed amid state of resentment swept the regime-held areas over the past week.   State-run media reported Sunday that Talal al-Barazi has declared the reversal of the decision...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister says his country no longer requires American combat troops to fight the Islamic State group, but a formal time frame for their redeployment will depend on the outcome of talks with U.S. officials this week. Mustafa al-Kadhimi said Iraq will still ask...

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two were wounded in an attack on their armoured vehicle in northern Syria, and Turkish forces immediately launched retaliatory fire, Turkey’s defence ministry said on Saturday. “Our punitive fire against terrorist positions is continuing,” the...

 Russia plans to airlift over 160 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Syria and sign 10 agreements within the next seven days on the sidelines of a bilateral forum in Damascus, the Russian defense ministry said Saturday. The forum for Russian and Syrian interdepartmental groups on...