Washington (AFP) - An early interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve would involve higher risks than would waiting a bit longer, the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund told AFP. "I'm not sure that the risks of acting are gigantic, but they're certainly higher,"...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime troops on Tuesday broke a more than two-year-old siege by the Islamic State group at a major military air base in the northern province of Aleppo.  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said forces fighting on the side of the Syrian regime, including...

n">Russia wants the Syrian government and opposition to agree on launching a constitutional reform process of up to 18 months, followed by early presidential elections, a draft document obtained by Reuters showed on Tuesday. The eight-point proposal, drawn up by Moscow before...

Syrian refugees who have made it to Germany may be sent on to other European countries, the German Interior Ministry said on Tuesday, an apparent reversal of an earlier policy that suggested all asylum seekers from Syria would be allowed to stay. In August, Germany decided to...