Nine Lebanese hostages held in Syria by rebels arrive in Lebanon as two kidnapped Turkish pilots return to Istanbul. Nine Lebanese pilgrims held hostage in Syria for 17 months arrived in Beirut after being freed in exchange for two Turkish Airlines pilots seized in Lebanon in August....

  The U.N.’s humanitarian chief called Saturday for a cessation of hostilities in a Damascus suburb besieged for months by the Syrian army, so that food and vital medical aid can be delivered, Agence France-Presse reported. Some 3,000 people were evacuated from the area of...

  This report would not provide definite information and figures about Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham “ISIS” and its sources of funding, because it is not that easy especially with the great deal of ambiguity around ISIS’s fund and financial support, besides most powerful...

Russia issued a statement on Saturday calling the U.S. proposal for Syria’s chemical weapons to be shipped out of the country “premature.” The remarks issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry were a response to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s statement to National Public Radio on...