Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA Translation by...

(Reuters)- Kurdish forces have regained control of around 70 percent of the Syrian town of Kobani near the Turkish border after pushing back ISIS fighters that have spent months besieging it, a group monitoring the war said on Wednesday. Backed by U.S-led air strikes, Kurdish forces made...

(Reuters) - Iran and six world powers are set to resume low-level talks on Iran's nuclear program in Geneva on Jan 15, with wide gaps remaining in their positions, the Iranian foreign minister said. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the lead negotiator for Iran...

Al-Nusra Front has been a powerful player in the Syrian civil war for a long time now, and now al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria has become the dominant group in Idlib.  Earlier this month, it seized territory and weapons from rebel forces in the northwestern province. That...