Several Iranian soldiers were killed near Aleppo, the Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday, in what appeared to be one of Iran's biggest losses in Syria since it deployed forces to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Islamist insurgents on Friday seized the strategic village of Khan...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Saturday replaced his veteran oil minister and the central bank governor in a major reshuffle of senior positions a week after announcing big economic reforms. Salman also named new ministers to run the water, transport, commerce, social affairs,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Money-change offices stop selling Dollar for Syrian Pound in Latakia due to big decrease in the value of the Syrian pound. One dollar equaled 580 Syrian pounds on Thursday to go beyond 600 on Friday. Mutaniuos owner of the money exchange company said the money changers stopped...

An assailant attempted to shoot a prominent Turkish journalist Friday outside a courthouse in Istanbul just before the verdict in his trial on charges of revealing state secrets was due to be announced, a Reuters witness said. The assailant shouted "traitor" before firing at least three shots...