The presidents of Turkey and Russia formally launched the TurkStream pipeline Wednesday which will carry Russian natural gas to southern Europe through Turkey, part of Moscow's efforts to reduce shipments via Ukraine. The pipeline project, stretching 930 km (580 miles) across the Black Sea,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian armed factions took of three villages from regime forces in the eastern countryside of Idlib, military sources told Zaman al-Wasl  Wednesday . The Turkish-backed forces launched a surprise attack on eastern Idlib where the Russian-backed regime force and...

Many Syrian families who settled in tents in the de-escalation zone in Idlib, northwestern Syria are struggling to meet even their basic needs. Families displaced to rural areas of Idlib due to ongoing attacks by the Bashar al-Assad regime and Russia are struggling to hold onto life in...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake on Wednesday rattled an area less than 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant near the country's Gulf coast, a US monitor said. The quake, which had a depth of 10 kilometres, struck 17 kilometres south-southeast of Borazjan city at 6:49...