The new sanctions against Russia that U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law on Wednesday are "more than problematic," German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said. Speaking in the northern German city of Wolfsburg on Friday, Gabriel criticised the United States for departing from its...

Syrians who left Lebanon after a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Nusra militants on Thursday started crossing into a rebel-held area of Syria where they will settle, Lebanese media reported. As part of the same agreement, captured Hezbollah fighters began to be released at the same...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Warring sides exchanged rocket and gunfire in the northern countryside of Homs city overnight, hours after a Russia-backed truce took effect, a war monitor said on Friday, while heavy rocket fire also marred a similar deal east of the capital Damascus. One man killed...

Syrian opposition activists and state media say an explosion has targeted an office of the Al-Qaeda affiliate in northern Syria, inflicting casualties. Syrian state TV did not provide further details in its report. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the explosion...