The UN's expert on torture was Monday beginning a week-long visit to Turkey following claims prisoners have been ill-treated in the wake of the July failed coup. Nils Melzer, special rapporteur on torture, arrived in Turkey on Sunday and will speak with alleged victims and inspect detention...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Agencies)- Syrian regime forces have captured a key part of eastern Aleppo, splitting rebel-held territory. Both regime-run TV and the monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said that the district of Sakhour had fallen to the Syrian army. The regime army...

Iraq's sectarian political leaders have plunged back into a dispute over the status of Shi'ite armed groups, undermining efforts to reunite the country as its troops press on with the assault of Mosul, Islamic State's biggest stronghold. Forty days into the biggest ground offensive in Iraq...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Palestinian-Syrian Gathering “Masir” has Saturday launched an initiative of “The National Syrian Salvation Initiative open for public discussion” during a discussing meeting in Istanbul. The initiative consists of critical revision of the Syrian situation as the...