France criticized Russia on Thursday for calling into question an international inquiry into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Russia has questioned the work and future of the joint inquiry by the U.N. and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons...

A top aide to US President Donald Trump said Thursday that an emerging Palestinian unity government must recognize Israel and disarm Hamas, following a landmark reconciliation deal signed last week. "Any Palestinian government must unambiguously and explicitly commit to nonviolence,...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey may shut its border with northern Iraq "at any moment" after closing its air space to the region, Hurriyet newspaper reported Thursday, reviving a threat first made after Kurds there voted for independence. "We have completely closed our air...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- The former Syrian ambassador to Turkey on Wednesday has appealed to the Syrian regime president Bashar al-Assad to withdraw the citizenship from Syrians mocking Issam Zahereddin’s death. Nidal Kabalan’s demand come in series of Facebook posts mourning...