(Zaman Al Wasl)- Over 700 Syrian refugees headed back to Syria Monday from Lebanon, in the latest of such returns organized by the General Security, the Lebanese Daily Star reported. Over the past few weeks, about 2000 Syrian refugees have returned to Syria, most of the refugees...

Russia has lost 112 servicemen during its three-year operation in Syria, a senior lawmaker said late Sunday in a news conference. "As of today, the losses of our armed forces in Syria stand at 112 people, with the crashes of An-26 and Il-20 accounting for about a half of them," Viktor...

The contemporary art market is booming with Chinese artists helping to push prices up by nearly a fifth in the past year, the world's biggest art index said Monday. Rocketing prices for living artists have for the first time become the motor of the market, Artprice told AFP. Nowhere is...

Two people have been killed in a powerful typhoon that battered Japan over the weekend, officials said Monday, as the storm's aftermath brought travel chaos to Tokyo's morning commute. By Monday morning, Typhoon Trami had cleared Japan, but its powerful winds and heavy rainfall caused...