Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria were expected to imminently declare a federal system, a move likely to further complicate peace talks in Geneva on ending more than five years of war. Russia pulled more warplanes out of Syria, a new delivery of humanitarian aid reached...

Russia has supplied weapons to Iraqi Kurds, the first shipment arrived on March 14, RIA news agency quoted the Russian consulate in Iraq as saying on Wednesday. The supply included five Zu-23-2 anti-aircraft cannons and 20,000 shells for the cannons, RIA said.

Kurdish Peshmerga forces, an Iran-backed Shi'ite militia and Iraq's army will launch an offensive soon to push Islamic State fighters away from the northern oil region of Kirkuk, a state newspaper reported on Wednesday. The operation would bring the combined forces closer to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Tens of rallies took place in rebel-held territories across the war-torn country, marking the fifth anniversary of the Syrian revolution. People who waved the uprising flags asserted their 5-year-old demand, 'The People Want to Bring Down The Regime,' The unprecedented...