Syria's foreign minister will visit China this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, amid a renewed bid by Beijing to play a more active role in finding an end to conflict in the Middle East. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem will be in China from Dec. 23 to Dec. 26 and...

(Zaman AL Wals)- Russian air strikes on an Eastern Ghouta suburb near Damascus have killed at least 30 people, the Revolution Local Committees said Tuesday.    The local monitoring group said at least 30 civilians have been killed and dozens wounded in vacuum missile attacks on...

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu has slammed Russia for bombing moderate rebels and civilians in Syria, arguing that Moscow's aerial campaign has boosted ISIS. Davutoglu told members of his ruling Justice and Development party that Russia has mostly been "targeting moderate opposition...

Turkish police on Tuesday fired tear gas cannisters and used water cannon to disperse thousands of people protesting in the southeast against the military crackdown on Kurdish rebels, an AFP photographer said. The protesters sought to march on the Sur neighbourhood of the...