Ukraine cut electricity to parts of an eastern region controlled by pro-Russian separatists Tuesday, citing unpaid debt – a step the Kremlin said amounted to a rejection by Kiev of breakaway territories. Three years after Moscow annexed the Crimean region, tensions between Ukraine and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army unit said Monday it had killed at least 25 regime troops and allied militants near Helfaya, the strategic town in Hama province that fell to regime favor the day before. Jaish al-Izza targeted regime bastions and checkpoints with heavy artillery and Grad...

Two Qatari hunters who endured a 16-month hostage ordeal in Iraq spoke Sunday of their joy at being released, in the first public comments since the group were freed. Mohammed Marzouki was among 24 Qataris and two Saudis who were on a hunting trip in a mainly Shiite area of southern Iraq...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebel have withdrawn from Helfaya town in northwestern Hama province after cutting off the supply routes by regime forces and allied Shiite militias, activists told Zaman a-Wasl Sunday. The week-long heavy clashes in the northern countryside ended with the fall of...