Syrian government troops backed by Russia and fighters backed by the United States made separate advances against Islamic State on Friday, gaining ground in new offensives that have put unprecedented pressure on the self-declared caliphate. In neighboring Iraq, government troops also...

Turkey's prime minister ruled out talks with the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Wednesday after a spate of attacks blamed on the militants killed at least 17 people this week. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the outlawed group had made a bid for dialogue after almost a year of...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Prices in the first day of Ramadan were shockingly high to Syrian people live in the Turkish city of Gaziantep. The price of a medium-sized piece of Marook reached to TYR 6 (almost $2) while one kilogram of date reached to TYR 8 ($2.7) and the tamarind TYR...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian network of Human Rights has documented that the Syrian regime had killed 19773 children since march 2011, 297 of them were killed by sniping, and 159 under torture, while 10891 were detained, 2716 of them are still in detention. The...