Turkey dispatched its military chief to Moscow Thursday, seeking approval for an air campaign in Syria's Kurdish-controlled Afrin region, although Damascus warned it could shoot down any Turkish planes in its skies. Turkey's foreign minister said the Moscow trip by Chief of Staff Hulusi...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the local council in Harasta district in besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs has accused regime troops of looting the Christian cemeteries. Hossam al-Bayrouti told Zaman al-Wasl that cemeteries in the al-Ajami and the al-Intaj areas had been looted and damged....

The Koreas have agreed to march together at next month's Winter Olympics under a unified flag as well as taking the unprecedented step to field a joint women's ice hockey team during the event. Seoul and Pyongyang delegations announced late Wednesday they will strengthen cooperation at...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) has recruited about 1000 young men from Hasaka and Deir Ez Zor provinces in its militia, most of whom are teachers in the Autonomous Administration  in northern Syria. According to Mohanad al-Yousef, an...