U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped three senior leaders of his national security and law enforcement teams, choosing Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Representative Mike Pompeo as CIA director and General Mike Flynn as national security adviser, a transition official...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Militants of the Kudish Democratic Union Party (PYD) have launched an arrest campaign against Kurdish politicians in Amoda area in the Northern countryside of Hasaka after their attempts to break in Yakiti Party’s offices.  The central committee of Yakiti party...

The UN Security Council unanimously decided on Thursday to extend for another year the mandate of a panel tasked with investigating chemical attacks in Syria and identifying those responsible. Backed by Russia, the council adopted a US-drafted resolution to prolong the joint investigation by...

On the eve of Donald Trump's election victory, members of a Western-backed Syrian rebel group met U.S. officials to ask about the outlook for arms shipments they have received to fight President Bashar al-Assad. They were told the program would continue until the end of the year, but...