A Syrian insurgent group said Sunday it was pulling out of a coalition of Islamist factions operating in the northwest of the country, in order to redeploy around Aleppo where pro-government forces have intensified assaults in recent months. Since Russia's intervention in the Syria conflict...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Sunday have thwarted Sunday a regime army attack on the western neighborhoods of Daraya town south of the capital, local media center said. For over a weeks, Syrian Republican Guards and notorious Division 4 have intensified siege on Moadamiya town and...

Turkey's parliament will set up a committee to consider lifting the immunity of two leaders of the main Kurdish party so they can be tried over their call for autonomy, the pro-government Sabah daily said Sunday. The report came after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Selahattin...

Iran's Foreign Ministry called for calm in the early hours of Sunday after police dispersed angry protesters who had stormed Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran. Demonstrators broke into the embassy and started fires before being cleared away by the police, Iran's ISNA news agency reported, after...