(Zaman Al Wasl)- A senior commander in the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army said dozen of Kurdish YPG militia were taken captive amid state of panic as the Turkish army stepped up its ground and aerial campaign on the border town of Afrin. Azad Sha’bo, a Kurdish commander in the...

The Turkish army was Tuesday engaged in intense clashes with Kurdish militia inside Syria as the United States voiced alarm Ankara's operation could endanger attempts to bring peace to the conflict-torn country. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed at the funeral of the first Turkish...

Russian pension funds are considering investing in Saudi Arabian state oil major Aramco when it lists its stock in a move to strengthen the partnership between the world's two top oil producers, Russia's top state investment officer said. The head of Russia's Direct Investment Fund,...

The United Nations is ready to help people who might flee from the Afrin enclave, where Turkish troops are on the offensive against Kurdish fighters, the top U.N. official in Syria said Monday. Ali al-Zatari told The Associated Press in his office in western Damascus that they are...