A child was killed on Wednesday when a cluster bomb left behind from the war exploded in agricultural land near the town of Jisr al-Shughur in northern Idlib province. Zaman Al-Wasl reporter in Idlib said that the 9-year-old boy died of his injuries sustained yesterday afternoon, and his...

Russia began evacuating its embassy in Kyiv and Ukraine urged its citizens to leave Russia on Wednesday as the region braced for further confrontation after President Vladimir Putin received authorization to use military force outside his country and the West responded with sanctions. Hopes...

Europe braced for further confrontation Wednesday and Ukraine urged its citizens to leave Russia after tensions escalated dramatically when Russia's leader got the OK to use military force outside his country and the West responded with a raft of sanctions. Hopes for a diplomatic way out of...

Although the Syrian regime's lifting subsidies for thousands of families was not surprising, experts predict that catastrophic effects on the citizens are likely to occur in the first place.  On the other hand, the government's austerity plans related to reducing the cost of...