Tehran agrees to supply Damascus with oil in exchange for the right to invest in country devastated by conflict. Iran has agreed to supply Damascus with $3.6bn in oil in exchange for the right to invest in the country, Syria's state news agency SANA has said. "An agreement was signed...

Huge rally in Tehran after media accuses rebels of damaging Damascus burial site of Prophet Muhammad's granddaughter. Thousands of protesters have gathered in a central Tehran square on the anniversary of the death of the first Shia Imam to demonstrate against damage to a gravesite in...

Seven children in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo and another four in Homs in the centre were among 17 civilians killed in air raids on Tuesday, a watchdog said. The deaths in Homs come as troops pressed an offensive against remaining rebel areas there, while in Aleppo province, the...

Turkey has told the leader of Syria's Democratic Union Party (PYD) -- an offshoot of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) -- who paid a surprise visit to Ankara at the end of last week, not to go ahead with a fait accompli autonomy, but recognized the Kurds' right to autonomy as long as...