Historically bitter relations between Syria and Israel have been bypassed by the civil conflict as a wave of injured Syrians get urgent medical help from Israelis. The two countries remain technically at war (Israel is frequently demonised as "Zionist Imperialism" by the Ba'ath...

    Iran has launched an “organized invasion” of the suburban areas of the capital Damascus, the Syrian opposition Defense Minister Asaad Mustafa told Al Arabiya News Channel on Saturday.   Mustafa said the suburb of Ghouta - where a chemical weapons...

Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have firmly seized the momentum in the country's civil war in recent weeks, capturing one rebel stronghold after another and triumphantly planting the two-starred Syrian government flag amid shattered buildings and rubble-strewn streets....

The visit Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, will pay on Saturday to Diyarbakir with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is being debated in the media.   The arguments made are miles away from explaining the...