Bashar Assad said he plans to visit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korean state media reported Sunday, potentially the first meeting between Kim and another head of state in Pyongyang. "I am going to visit the DPRK and meet HE Kim Jong Un," Assad said May 30, North Korea's...

The United States Thursday imposed sanctions on several Iranian and Turkish companies and a number of aircraft in a move targeting four Iranian airlines. The companies targeted were linked to Mahan Air and Meraj Air, the U.S. Treasury Department said. It added it was targeting a number of their...

Palestine has submitted its instrument of accession to Chemical Weapons Convention to European Union, the international watchdog said on Wednesday. In a statement, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Palestine “deposited on 17 May 2018 its instrument of...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) released a report  documenting the most notable violations by Russian forces since the start of its military intervention in Syria on September 30, 2015.   The report, which  entitled “The World Cup is Tainted with the...