Kurdish Asayish forces took control of state-run institutions in the northeastern city of Qamishli in response to Syrian regime forces siege on Kurdih -held neighborhood in Aleppo city, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday.   The escalation came despite a Russian mediation to...

The Russian military sustained a major blow Thursday when the flagship of the country's Black Sea fleet was badly damaged and its crew evacuated. Ukrainian officials said their forces hit the vessel with missiles, while Russia acknowledged a fire aboard the Moskva but no attack. The warship...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Western weaponry pouring into Ukraine helped blunt Russia's initial offensive and seems certain to play a central role in the approaching, potentially decisive, battle for Ukraine's contested Donbas region. Yet the Russian military is making little headway halting what has...

The Syrian Monetary and Credit Council raised the interest rate on bank deposits in Syrian pounds with the aim of absorbing more liquidity in the markets, to reduce inflationary pressures, according to a statement issued by the Central Bank of Syria on Wednesday. According to the decision,...