Yemen peace talks will start in Switzerland on Dec. 15 to reach a permanent cease-fire and an end to the nine-month conflict in the country, the United Nations envoy in Yemen said Monday. The UN will convene a series of face-to-face consultations to seek to establish a permanent cease-fire,...

Kurdish forces backed by U.S. air strikes declared a major victory last month over Islamic State after cutting access to a key supply route in northern Iraq. Yet days later the militants were back in business, underscoring their resilience in the face of defeat. The...

A Syrian opposition meeting due to begin in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday marks the most serious effort yet to unify President Bashar al-Assad's fragmented enemies, a step seen vital to peace talks sought by world powers but which has riled Iran. While the outlook for the political track recently...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) ( Zaman Al Wasl- Eqtsad) - When we talk about Arabic media tycoons we recall the name of Al-Waleed bin Talal, Saleh Kamel and Naguib Sawiris, and others, but in Syria, the Ministry of information have enabled certain people to control the media industry and...