US Secretary of State John Kerry has blamed the Syrian government for stonewalling peace talks, intended to bring the civil war to an end, and told Moscow it had to stop supplying President Bashar al-Assad's regime with weapons. Kerry told reporters in Jakarta on Monday that Russia...

Russia could build a second reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant in exchange for Iranian oil, the Iranian ambassador to Moscow said in remarks published on Monday. Russia  could also supply  Iran  with trucks, railroad tracks, mini-refineries or other...

Syrian government forces kept up their shelling of the town of Yabroud and the surrounding Qalamoun region over the weekend, as both sides claimed advances ahead of an expected all-out assault on the rebel-held town. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said...

Two Islamist rebel groups Sunday agreed to end the fighting between each other in Aleppo, according to a statement, seen by Zaman Alwasl. The reconciliation agreement held between Jaish Al Muhajereen wa Al Ansar, Jihadist group mostly foreign fighters led by Salah al-Din...