Internationally brokered talks between Syria's government and opposition groups due to start on Jan. 25 may be delayed, but major powers must keep up the pressure to bring participants to the table, the United Nations envoy said on Wednesday. A Syrian opposition council backed by Saudi...

The U.S.-led anti-Daesh effort will increase the number of troops in Iraq that will train more Iraqi fighters ahead of a Mosul operation, a coalition spokesman said Wednesday.  “That's really the next step in generating the amount of combat power needed to liberate Mosul,” said...

Secretary of State John Kerry urged his Russian counterpart Wednesday to use Moscow’s influence with the Syrian government to ensure greater humanitarian access in the war torn country. During a meeting with Sergey Lavrov in the Swiss city of Zurich, Kerry “pressed for Russia to use...

Reporting by Mohamed Al Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed HASAKA (Zaman Al Wasl)- The united States and Russia are competing each other on founding military bases in Hasaka province, while Iran had withdrawn from the city after termination the existence of Hezbollah in Qamishli in 2015. The...