The Syrian government is open to negotiations with Kurds over their demand for autonomy within Syria's borders, state news agency SANA cited foreign minister as saying on Tuesday. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said it will strike a conciliatory tone as military tensions...

 Syrian refugees rejoiced on Sunday at the news that Angela Merkel had secured a fourth term as German chancellor, but said they were alarmed by the rise of the far-right AfD party, which they feared could push her to tighten asylum rules. “We prayed that Merkel would win,”...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime and rebels based in southern suburbs of Damascus have reached an evacuation deal on Friday, such an agreement makes the capital mostly under regime control. About 600 rebel fighters from Mujahedi al-Sham and Ajnad al-Sham operating in al-Qadam neighborhood...

 In late May, an Iraqi cleric called Akram Kaabi visited militia fighters in a desolate Iraqi town near the Syrian border. Kaabi, who heads a Shi’ite Muslim militia named Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, was decked out in a camouflage uniform and led the fighters in prayer on mats laid on...