Russia has begun setting up a helicopter base at a civilian airport in the north-eastern Syrian city of Qamishli, the Russian Defense Ministry’s Zvezda TV channel said on Thursday, showing footage of helicopter gunships arriving there. The new base is protected by Pantsir surface-to-air...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three Turkish-backed fighters were killed Thursday when unknown assailants opened fire on their vehicle near the border town of Afrin north of Aleppo city, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Two more fighters from the Syrian National Army were killed on Wednesday in a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- For a long time, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been accused of working with the regime for the discharge of oil fields products under its control, but the regime has denied this over the past years. Activists leaked several videos and pictures of tankers...

Security forces killed two protesters and wounded 35 others in Baghdad on Thursday, police and medical sources said, as thousands of Iraqis continued a wave of anti-government protests. One protester died immediately after a tear gas canister hit his head and another died in hospital from...