Syria's Bashar al-Assad said in an interview aired on Tuesday that Donald Trump will be a "natural ally" if the US president-elect fulfils his pledge to fight "terrorists". In his first reaction to Trump's election victory last week, the Syrian president struck a note of caution and said he...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika returned home Tuesday from a trip to France where he underwent medical checks, his office said. Bouteflika suffered a stroke in 2013, weakening his mobility and forcing him to work from his residence in Zeralda, west of Algiers. The 79-year-old...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Almost 10,000 people have fled the ongoing clashes between the U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) and ISIS in the northeastern Raqqa province to the border towns of Tal Abyad and Ayn Issa, said a military source from Thwar al-Raqqa Brigade. The source told Zaman...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday the military alliance wanted dialogue with Russia, after U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Monday to work towards "constructive cooperation". "The message from NATO has been that we want dialogue...