A minister in Israel's security cabinet says it could topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if he allows Iranian forces to attack Israel from Syria. Yuval Steinitz warned that if there was an attack, Mr Assad "must know that it is his end and the end of his regime". His...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The newly-deployed French forces in northeastern Syria have been brokering an evacuation deal with Daesh fighters to leave last pockets in Deir Ezzor to Hasaka province, activists told Zaman al-Wasl Monday. The ongoing negotiations came as the U.S.-led coalition and...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to the southern Russian city of Sochi on May 18 to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin, the RIA news agency said Monday citing a Kremlin aide. Yury Ushakov, an adviser to Putin, also said the Russian president would travel to Vienna on...

Egypt is holding political prisoners in "prolonged and indefinite solitary confinement" that amounts to "torture," an international rights group said Monday. In a new report, Amnesty International said dozens of detained human rights activists, journalists and members of the opposition...