France on Friday condemned Bashar al-Assad regime and its allies for targeting Syria's besieged Eastern Ghouta region, despite an adoption of UN Security Council resolution late last month, which called for a 30-day cease-fire. "France condemns the continued intensification of the...

An aid convoy into Syria's eastern Ghouta Friday unloaded all its aid in the opposition-held area's main town of Douma and crossed back into government-held territory, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Syria told Reuters. The convoy consisted of 13 trucks of food supplies...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Eastern Ghouta’s rebels denied regime reports of dividing the besieged enclave in two, saying they thwarted the multi-axes attack to advance in Ghouta on Thursday. The regime, determined to wrest the suburbs from the control of rebels after seven years of war, has...

As North Korea considers negotiating over its nukes, it may find lessons in the Middle East, where leaders imperiled, paranoid or pugnacious have long used the doomsday weapon threat to secure a wobbly perch. It is a delicate dance - and getting the balance wrong can end badly. Holding...