China pledged more support to its military on Sunday including strengthening maritime and air defenses amid efforts to safeguard sovereignty, but in a highly unusual move did not give spending figures for 2017 despite promises of transparency. Parliament's spokeswoman Fu Ying said on...

(Eqtsad)- Goods and food have entered the ISIS-held Yarmouk Basin in the western countryside of Daraa after more than three months of severe blockade, local activists said. The food entry followed a week of fierce clashes between Free Syrian Army and Jaish Khalid bin al-Walid, key ISIS unit...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Inside a cold and dark cell in Homs’ Central Prison, the time had been frozen for four years and a half years for Hani al-Homsi (a pseudonym). Al-Homsi was moved around between different military intelligence branches, but spent the longest duration in Saydnaya prison (18...

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will reply in writing to Senate Democrats' questions about his meetings with Russia's ambassador last year, the Justice Department said Friday after a top Republican denied Democrats' request for a public hearing. Nine Democratic senators sent a letter...