Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich announced plans for early elections on Friday in a series of concessions to his pro-European opponents, but it was unclear whether they would accept an EU-mediated deal to end violence that has left dozens dead. Russian-backed Yanukovich, under...

Daoud brigade with other eight rebel groups have agreed to form al-Sham Army (The Levant Army) in Idlib province and north Syria, sources told Zaman Alwasl. Army of the Levant does not affiliated any faction or front within the country or outside. The aim of such a move is...

Voices of  construction  workers and the noise from their  tools  used to ring out in Gaza's streets. Now hulks of unfinished buildings stand in eerie silence, and the idle builders are left to worry how to make ends meet. An Egyptian-Israeli blockade on the...

As Syria's war nears the start of its fourth year,  Iran has stepped up support on the ground for President Bashar al-Assad, providing elite teams to gather intelligence and train troops, sources with knowledge of military movements say. This further backing from Tehran,...