Iran was set to sign preliminary agreements with Total and Shell Wednesday to develop major oil and gas fields as it seeks to boost its output, an oil official said. The deals include a $10-12 billion expansion of the South Azadegan oil field and another project at the Yadavaran oil field,...

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and one was seriously wounded in a vehicle-borne bomb attack near the ISIS controlled town of al-Bab in northern Syria, broadcaster CNN Turk reported Wednesday. The attack occurred as Syrian rebels, backed by Turkish troops, aircraft and artillery, besieged...

Syrian rebels in besieged eastern Aleppo called for an immediate five-day cease-fire and negotiations about the future of the city, and for medical and civilian evacuations, in a humanitarian plan published Wednesday. A "humanitarian initiative" document signed in the name of the Aleppo...

Syrian regime forces control all of Aleppo's historic Old City after rebel fighters withdrew in the face of army advances overnight, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday. The army and allied forces hold more than 75 percent of east Aleppo, a rebel bastion since 2012,...