Members of the Syrian regime forces and militias supported by Russia and Iran were killed and wounded on Thursday in an attack by Islamic State militants in the desert of Raqqa province, northeastern Syria, an informed source told Zaman al-Wasl.   At least 5 members of the regime forces...

UAE's foreign minister on Tuesday voiced support for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in the wake of the agency's funding crisis, which was sparked by allegations that some of its employees in Gaza took part in the Oct. 7 cross-border attack on Israel.  In a phone call...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees revealed that the number of Syrian refugees returning to the war-torn country from 5 countries in the Middle East declined by a quarter last year compared to 2022. The UNHCR said in a statement that 37,552 Syrian refugees from Jordan, Egypt,...

Iran’s Foreign Ministry called accusations that it was connected to the attack that killed three US soldiers as "baseless" in a statement on Monday.  “This is a conspiracy by those who see their interests in again dragging the US into a new conflict in the region,” spokesman...