Saudi Arabia should not be allowed to take part in the Syrian peace process, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan told Russia's state-backed RT TV station in an interview, according to the RIA news agency Tuesday. He was cited as saying that he thought Saudi Arabia's insistence that...

A U.S.-backed alliance of militias fighting ISIS hopes a U.S. decision to ease some restrictions on arming groups in Syria will lead to them getting anti-aircraft missiles, its spokesman said Tuesday. Although ISIS does not have warplanes, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance wants...

A Turkish court has put a broadcast ban on reporting of the investigation into last week's murder of the Russian ambassador to Ankara Andrei Karlov, state media said Tuesday. A Turkish policeman opened fire on Karlov while he was delivering a speech at the opening of a photography...

Hannibal Gadhafi, the son of former Libyan president Moammar Gadhafi, stood trial Tuesday on charges of defaming judiciary. Beirut judge Ghassan Khoury kicked off the court session, four days after Gadhafi was charged by Investigative Judge Zaher Hamadeh with defaming judiciary during...