The United States imposed new sanctions on allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, prompting Moscow to denounce "Cold War" tactics amid more violence in eastern Ukraine. The move to ban visas and freeze assets of the likes of Putin's friend Igor Sechin, head of...

33 employees from the city of Sweida have been wrongfully terminated on Sunday over political affiliations linked to Syrian revolution, Zaman Alwasl reporter said. Opposition activists and human rights advocates in the southern city have denounced...

Turkish security forces on Sunday detained an American journalist and two Syrians as they tried to cross a river flowing from Syria into southern Turkey by raft, the army said. The three were spotted on the Asi river near the border province of Hatay, the army said in a...

Rebel mortar fire on government-held districts of the Syrian city of Aleppo killed at least 21 people and wounded 50 on Sunday, a monitoring group said. "The fire targeted regime-held neighbourhoods, including some in the Old City where the rebels are trying to advance," the...