(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian National Army backed by Turkish artillery barrages launched major attack to retake the strategic town of Sarqab in northern Idlib province, such an attack followed heavy Turkish reinforcements, local activists said Monday. The Syrian regiem force captured...

Russian air strikes Monday killed at least five civilians in the last major opposition bastion in northwestern Syria bringing the death toll to 25 in less than 24 hours, a monitor said. The early morning raids hit a populous village in Aleppo province where battles between Russia-backed...

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev's ruling party celebrated Monday a win in parliamentary polls but the opposition claimed the election was "totally falsified". Faced with public discontent over a slowing economy, Aliyev, 58, hoped to boost the government's image by holding early elections...

The Turkish lira rebounded Monday in volatile trade to below 6 against the dollar, erasing much of Friday's sharp losses, after a bank regulator announced new limits on foreign-exchange transactions. Investors and traders said the currency's abrupt selloff and recovery, after weeks in a...