(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 100 families fled southern neighborhoods of Moadamiyet al-Sham to the northern district, local activists said as Syrian regime forces stepped up attacks to capture the western suburb of Damascus. The town's media center said regime helicopters had dropped at least 36...

(Hurriyet Daily)-  A Turkish man wanted by Russia for allegedly killing one of the two pilots of the Russian jet downed by Turkey near the Turkish-Syrian border in late 2015 has appeared at a funeral ceremony in Istanbul, saying he would go back to Syria. “I am here and there. I am...

Syrian peace negotiations are starting Friday afternoon as UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura will meet the regime delegation, headed by the permanent representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari. "As previously announced by the U.N. Special Envoy for...

Iraq has signed a $328 million deal with U.S. company General Electric that will boost power output during peak summer months, officials said Friday, although it falls far short of the country's needs. The deal will make only a small dent in the country's major summer production shortfall,...