Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Saturday for more transparency in elections due in May following allegations of electoral fraud in the last polls. He also warned against any foreign funding and interference. State media carried election guidelines issued by...

(Bloomberg)- Even a war as pitiless as Syria’s can have a low point. The battle for Aleppo has produced carnage, civilian suffering and, according to some, war crimes on a scale rarely surpassed in the five-year conflict. Backed by Russian airstrikes and militias supported by Iran, forces...

(Eqtsad)- Syrian Activists in Turkey reported that offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) refuses admitting Syrian refugees and ignore them even in days allocated for the public. Journalist Jamal Mamo told Eqtsad that directors of UNHCR most of the time close...

U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan have killed four commanders of the Haqqani network, a militant group affiliated with the Taliban, as government forces try to retake a district captured by insurgents last week, Afghan officials said on Tuesday. Naqeeb Ahmad Atal, a spokesman for the governor of...