(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 12 people from the same family were killed when U.S.-led warplanes struck a border village with Iraq in Hasaka province, activists said Wednesday. The strikes hit Tel al-Shayer area in the southern countryside of Hasaka amid claims that the...

US-backed fighters inched forwards in Raqqa's Old City against fierce resistance Wednesday, after penetrating the heart of the Daesh's (ISIS) Syrian bastion, a spokesman and a monitor said. The Syrian Democratic Forces -- an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters -- entered the historical...

The Kremlin said on Wednesday it hoped a planned meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump this week would help establish an effective working dialogue between them. Such a dialogue was needed between Washington and Moscow to help resolve...

A fifth round of peace talks aimed at ending the Syria conflict entered their second day on Wednesday in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. "Negotiations have begun. Currently, there are bilateral meetings between the negotiators," Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry spokesman Anuar Zhainakov was quoted...