The deployment of U.S. special forces to Syria without coordination with Damascus violates Syria's sovereignty, TASS news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Friday.

The Syrian Army is planning offensives against the cities of Deir al-Zor and Raqqa with the support of the Russian Air Force, RIA news agency quoted Alexei Borodavkin, Russia's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, as saying on Friday.

Iranians lined up outside polling stations on Friday to vote in a second round of parliamentary elections, state TV reported, with allies of President Hassan Rouhani seeking to wrest more seats from hardliners. Rouhani's moderate and centrist allies made major gains in Feb. 26 elections to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Aleppo's Sharia Council has suspended all Friday Prayers in mosques and public squares amid high concerns of being hit by regime warplanes, according to statement posted online. About 250 civilians have been killed this week, nearly half of them around Aleppo. 50...