Syrian pro-government forces now hold more than a fifth of the country's strategic desert, the army said Saturday, after reaching the eastern border with Iraq for the first time since 2015. The desert, known as the "Badiya", extends over some 90,000 square kilometers (35,000 square miles)...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian opposition forces thwarted a major attack by regime forces and allied militias on southern Daraa city as hundreds of families have been fleeing the border province to escape heavy aerial bombing, local activists said. Backed by Lebanese Hezbollah militia, the...

Iranian authorities have arrested seven people suspected of helping militants involved in this week's attacks in the capital Tehran, a judiciary official said on Saturday. ISIS claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings and gun attacks on parliament and the mausoleum of the Islamic...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has stepped up its aerial bombing on the opposition-held areas in southern Daraa province, dropping more than 58 barrel bombs that pushed about 800 families to leave the Old City of Daraa, the local council said on Friday.   Mohamed al-Masalmeh head of...