Witnesses say Bahrain has arrested four American journalists covering the anniversary of its 2011 uprising amid a long crackdown on dissent in the tiny island nation, witnesses said Monday. Bahrain said it detained the four for entering the country without obtaining a media visa and for...
Mohamed Qassim, who formerly served as attorney-general in Syria’s central city of Tadmur, spoke to Anadolu Agency on Saturday about collusion -- which he says he witnessed first-hand -- between the Assad regime and its ally Russia and the Islamic State militant group. Qassim, who now...
(Agencies)- The Syrian Kurdish PYD party on Sunday rejected Turkish demands that allied militia withdraw from positions near the border that are being shelled by Turkish army, and warned that Syrians would resist any Turkish intervention in the country. The news comes after close sources to...
Major powers agreed Friday to a pause in combat in Syria, but Russia pressed on with its relentless bombing in support of its ally President Bashar Assad, who vowed to fight on until he regains full control of the country. Although billed as a potential breakthrough, the "cessation of...
