The presence of the PKK in the Sinjar region of Iraq is a “major obstacle to reconciliation” and the return of displaced people, the U.S. said Tuesday. “We believe that the PKK which is a U.S. designated terrorist organization should have no role in Sinjar,” State Department...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources in the Syrian opposition's main political body denied news of an imminent ceasefire agreement between regime and rebel factions. Sources close to Riad Hijab, general coordinator for the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), said no ceasefire draft had...

Two Syrians died Wednesday when a fire erupted in their room south of Beirut, authorities said. Shireen Kh., 25 and her 1-year-old baby Zahraa died in the incident, the Internal Security Forces said on Facebook. Separately, a massive fire erupted inside a shack in an agricultural area in...

The United States Wednesday announced it was adding the student wing of the Pakistan-based militant organization, Lashkar-e-Taiba, to its list of "foreign terrorist organizations." Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), or Army of the Pure, is an anti-Indian militant group with historical ties to Pakistan's...