(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian armed opposition on Thursday have thwarted major attack by regime forces and pro-Iran militias in the eastern countryside of Idlib province, in retaliation to a surprise rebel attack left 22 elite troops dead, military source told Zaman al-Wasl....

Russia Thursday expelled two German diplomats in what it called a standard diplomatic response to a similar move by Germany last week and said it hoped a dispute over the killing of a Georgian citizen in Berlin would not damage ties further. Berlin announced the expulsion of two German...

Ukraine's parliament voted Thursday to extend regulations giving limited self-rule to separatist-controlled eastern regions, a prerequisite for a deal to settle the five-year conflict there. Lawmakers gave a one-year extension to the regions' "special status", which was adopted in 2014 and...

Underscoring U.S. lawmakers' continuing unhappiness with Russia, a Senate committee Wednesday advanced legislation seeking to hamper Russian energy pipelines and boosting NATO but delayed voting on a measure nicknamed the "sanctions bill from hell" that would punish Moscow for meddling in the...