Russia  paved the way on Monday for missile system deliveries to Iran and started an oil-for-goods swap, signaling that Moscow may have a head-start in the race to benefit from an eventual lifting of sanctions on Tehran. The moves come after world powers,...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Victim Profile)- Michael Ebajeh, manager of Mar Elias Elderly Center in Aleppo, was among the 30 casualties who passed away last Saturday when Syrian regime air raid struck Maadi district of Aleppo. Ebajeh, a 48-year-old Christian man...

(Reuters) - Two separate bomb attacks targeting security forces in Egypt's Sinai peninsula killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens on Sunday, the latest in a wave of violence in a region hit by an Islamist insurgency. Egypt's military said a roadside bomb detonated by militants...

  A Syrian government air raid struck a school in an opposition-held neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least ten people, including five children, activists said. The Aleppo Media Center and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human...