( The Guardian )- Rex Tillerson’s plane touched down in Moscow on Tuesday amid a smoky haze caused by a fire at a nearby rubbish dump. More than one observer found the metaphor irresistible. The US approach to Syria – the term “policy” would dignify it with a coherence it does not...

Gunmen have kidnapped two Turkish nationals from their hotel in southern Nigeria's oil-rich Akwa Ibom state, police said Tuesday in the latest unrest to hit the restive Niger Delta. "Two Turkish nationals working for a construction company in Onna local government area were abducted from...

By Abdulsalam Haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl)- The 'Alawite Canton' is no more than nightmare will come true since the Damascus officials aware that Bashar al-Assad will not be the 'lifetime President despite the Russian and Iranian support. Coming back to almost 100-year-old draft of a state for...

( The Guardian )- Vladimir Putin is “toxifying the image of Russia” by backing Bashar al-Assad and the G7 must consider fresh sanctions against Russia and Syria in response to last week’s chemical attack on civilians, Boris Johnson has said. The foreign secretary, speaking as he...