An Iranian aid ship docked on Friday in Djibouti, where its cargo will be inspected by the United Nations before being moved to conflict-torn Yemen, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported. "The ship docked a few minutes ago in Djibouti," Fars said. "The ship entered...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Sources reported that Syrian National Coalition has started issuing and renewing passports for Syrians living in Turkey, including defected soldiers and officers, beside youth who escaped the compulsory military service and others. Sources mentioned...

Around a third of the 200,000 people living in the Syrian town of Palmyra may have fled in the past few days, during fighting between government forces and Islamic State militants, the U.N. human rights office said on Thursday. Citing what she said were credible sources, U.N. human rights...

Al-Qaeda's Syria wing, the Nusra Front, said on Thursday it had released 27 Islamic State fighters who were arrested week ago with 23 others in the mountainous region of Qalamoun near the Lebanese border. Nusra's Shariah court said the freed fighters 'had not involved in killing acts against...