Syrian government troops are advancing on "nearly every front" thanks to Russian air strikes that began in September, President Bashar Assad said in an interview with Chinese television released Sunday. The embattled president also said he favored new peace talks to be hosted in Moscow, but...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 children have been killed and dozens wounded Sunday morning in Syrian regime's mortar rounds that hit their school in rebel-held city of Douma, near Damascus, The Revolution Coordination Committees said. The embattled city of Douma, 10 km (7 miles) northeast the...

The Iraqi parliament’s security and defense committee this weekend announced that Moscow had approved the sale of Russian arms to the war-torn country. Notably, the move comes one month after the Iraqi government gave Russia the green light to target convoys sent into Iraqi territory from...

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq Istanbul (Zaman Al Wasl)- The bright side Syrian refugee crisis has showed can be the overwhelming solidarity of human rights advocates, intellectuals, artists and average people in many European states, Syrian migrants voiced admiration. Mattia Campo...