(Eqtsad)- Islamic State forces announced an auction to rent the Shaer gas field in the eastern countryside of Homs, activists said as the radical group fears the U.S.-led Coalition air strikes and seeks a rapid cash. Activist Judet al-Jiran said ISIS has resembled what is popularly known as...

Syria's U.N. ambassador will head the government delegation to upcoming peace talks, a Syrian daily reported Tuesday, while the opposition said it would be represented by rebel negotiator Mohammad Alloush. Talks on the nearly six-year-old conflict, organised by Turkey, Russia and Iran, are...

A visit to a Russian aircraft carrier by Libya's Khalifa Haftar has given the eastern–based commander a symbolic boost while also signaling Moscow's interest in a greater role in the region following its intervention in Syria. Haftar is a figurehead for east Libyan factions who harbors...

Kazakhstan is fully ready to hold talks on Syria in its capital Astana on Jan. 23, Russia's RIA news agency reported Tuesday, citing the Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov. Russia, Syrian President Bashar Assad's most powerful ally, pushed for peace talks in Astana after Assad's...