( The Guardian )- The leader of the parliamentary assembly in Europe’s oldest human rights body has been stripped of his powers after being accused of tarnishing his office by meeting the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. In a move unprecedented in the 68-year history of the parliamentary...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fierce fighting between Tahrir al-Sham and ISIS took place in Yarmouk Camp south of Damascus on Thursday, field sources told Zaman al-Wasl. Powerful Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an alliance led by former al-Qaeda affiliate, has stormed ISIS bastions in the besieged camp to...

US Ambassador Nikki Haley urged the UN Security Council on Thursday to ratchet up pressure on Russia to end sieges in Syria and help advance peace talks. "All eyes and all pressure now need to go to Russia, because they are the ones who could stop this if they wanted to," Haley told a...

Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a Venezuelan television interview broadcast on Thursday that Israeli military strikes on his army showed Israel was "supporting terrorists" in Syria, state-run Syrian media reported. Assad did not directly refer to the Israeli air strikes near Damascus...