A small wave of Syrians, who escaped to Turkey, recently began returning to terror-free zones in their homeland on Thursday.  About 130 Syrians, including women and children who were living in different provinces of Turkey, were sent by buses to northwestern Syria from southern Kilis...

It is an image that captures the horrors of Syria’s war in a single frame. A father climbs through the ruins of his home, destroyed in an airstrike just moments earlier, in a frantic effort to reach his children. Amjad al-Abdullah’s face is fixed in horror as his infant daughter Toqa...

The US Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions against three of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's stepsons, a Colombian businessman and six others for running a "corruption network" that profited from emergency food imports. The US has in recent months escalated sanctions...

 Saudi Arabia aims to raise the capacity of its east-west pipeline by 40 percent in two years so more of its oil exports can avoid passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the energy minister said Thursday. Khalid al-Falih also told Reuters that importers should, as a first immediate...