(Reuters) -   Iran   and world powers reached a framework on curbing Iran's nuclear program at marathon talks in Switzerland on Thursday that will allow further negotiations towards a final agreement. A Western official said it would include limits on Iran's enrichment...

   (Reporting by Mohamed Al Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Clashes between the Islamic State and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) still underway since Wednesdsy near the town of Tal-Tamer in the northern province of Hasakah, activists said. Key Kurdish militia PYD has made...

Fighters proclaiming allegiance to Islamic State seized most of a vast camp for Palestinian refugees on the outskirts of Damascus on Wednesday, a bid to capture the group's first major foothold close to President Bashar al-Assad's seat of power. Islamic State fighters already control...

Damascus (AFP) - Syria's government, presiding over an economy ravaged by war and facing dwindling foreign currency reserves, is taking new measures to slash imports and prop up exports. Importers require government licences that allow them to request a favourable exchange rate at the...