(Interview by Abdullah Al  Ghadawi ; Translation by  Yusra  Ahmed)     T he fo under and  fo rmer commander of the  Free Syrian Army, still optimistic in  his vision for   the future of Syrian revolution  that...

The United States still wants a negotiated political settlement in  Syria  that excludes President Bashar al-Assad, according to a senior U.S. envoy, but Washington's close allyGermany said talks with the Damascus government might still be necessary. As German Foreign...

(Reuters) - Iraq's government will make a budget payment to Kurdish authorities "within days", the finance minister said, playing down concerns that an oil export deal that helped thaw bilateral relations could collapse. Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday the...

(Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel's election on Tuesday after exit polls showed he had erased his center-left rivals' lead with a hard rightward shift that saw him disavow a commitment to negotiate a Palestinian state. Difficult coalition...