The United States should not put its allies and Russia on the same footing, Germany's defense minister said Friday. "There cannot be a policy of equi-distance to allies and to those who openly question our values, our borders and international law," Ursula von der Leyen told the Munich...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15 civilians have been killed on Friday in US-led airstrikes on the northern countryside of Raqqa city, The local monitor that tracks war in ISIS-held areas said. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently campaign said the aerial bombing targeted Mazraet Tishreen north...

Turkey has increased scrutiny of Russian-speaking Muslim communities in the past few months following a series of attacks blamed on ISIS, a concrete example of the renewed relationship between the two countries. Turkish police have raided the homes of Russian-speaking immigrants in Istanbul,...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Friday faces a grilling by global peers seeking clarity about Washington's position on the Syria conflict ahead of crunch U.N. peace talks in Geneva. On the sidelines of a G20 gathering in Germany, Tillerson will join a group of countries supporting the...