The rise of nationalism in rich countries poses a worrying challenge to the tide of migrants fleeing wars, the U.N. refugee chief said on Sunday, urging international cooperation to manage the flows pragmatically "rather than building walls". U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo...

Turkey supports the territorial integrity of Iraq and Syria and would not interfere in either country, the head of the Turkish Armed Forces said Sunday. “We want to prevent the attacks and threat of Daesh to ensure security on the border and to protect people from terrorism,” Gen. Hulusi...

 Fresh fighting shook Syria's Aleppo on Sunday with a rebel attack killing at least eight children at a school, as the UN's envoy struggled to push peace efforts in Damascus. The envoy, Staffan de Mistura, met with Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem in Damascus for talks on the...

 Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims beating their chests in mourning thronged the Iraqi city of Karbala Sunday under the protection of thousands of members of the security forces. The Arbaeen pilgrimage is one of the world's largest religious events and is seen as a major potential...

A barrel bomb killed a family of six in rebel-held eastern Aleppo early on Sunday, a war monitor, a rebel and two medics said, while rebel shelling killed seven children at a school in the government-held sector, state television reported. The medics said the al-Baytounji family had...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian Civil Defense in Idlib province confirmed that school in Maaret Masreen town was bombed Sunday by regime warplanes causing scores of injuries among students. Also, regime bombed Has town in southern countryside and Idlib city center which killed many and injured...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian regime for six consecutive days continues military escalation against civilians in al-Waer besieged neighborhood in Homs.  Regime checkpoints surrounding al-Waer targeted on Sunday civilian houses, public hospitals and shelter centers with Elephant rockets...

The U.N.'s special envoy to Syria has arrived in Damascus to meet with Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem amid an intensified government campaign in Aleppo that has left all hospitals in the city's opposition-held districts out of service. U.N. Envoy Staffan De Mistura and al-Moallem are...

(The Idependent)- European leaders have agreed the UK must be forced into a hard Brexit in order to counter the rise of populist movements which could break up the European Union. Senior EU officials fear allowing Britain to exit on its own terms could empower far-right candidates in France...

French conservatives are voting in a nationwide primary to choose their nominee for next year's presidential election, after a campaign marked by concerns about immigration and Islamic extremism. Seven candidates are competing Sunday in the first round of the primary. A runoff will be held...

President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Sunday as saying that Turkey did not need to join the European Union "at all costs" and could instead become part of a security bloc dominated by China, Russia and Central Asian nations. NATO member Turkey's prospects of joining the EU look more remote...

Violence subsided Sunday in Yemen, a day after the beginning of a 48-hour ceasefire declared by the pro-government Arab coalition battling rebel fighters for almost 20 months. An AFP correspondent in Sanaa said there had not been any air strikes in the rebel-held capital by warplanes of the...

Speculation is growing that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will seek a fourth term in general elections next year. Merkel refused to comment on the possibility during a press conference with U.S. President Barack Obama last week. She said she would announce her plans when the time was...

(Daily Sabah)- South Korean prosecutors are now formally treating President Park Geun-hye as a suspect in a snowballing corruption scandal that has dragged her approval rating down to a record-low five percent and prompted weeks of mass protests. Park's status shifted Sunday when prosecutors...

An Indian express train derailed early Sunday, killing over 100 people in one of the country's worst rail disasters in years, police said, as emergency workers searched the mangled wreckage for survivors. Shocked passengers recounted being woken by a violent thud, and told of their desperate...

A top Iraqi commander said on Sunday that troops were continuing to advance toward the center of Mosul, pushing back ISIS fighters, but hindered by sniper fire and suicide bombings as well as concern over the safety of civilians. Maj. Gen. Sami al-Aridi told The Associated Press that his...

 On the eve of Donald Trump's election victory, members of a Western-backed Syrian rebel group met U.S. officials to ask about the outlook for arms shipments they have received to fight President Bashar al-Assad. They were told the program would continue until the end of the year, but...

The Russian Defence Ministry has begun supplying the Tartus naval base in Syria, the only Russian base in the Mediterranean Sea, with patrol boats and auxiliary equipment necessary for the base’s expansion. Russia has had a naval base in Tartus since 1977 but in October announced plans to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- State-run media announced Saturday launch of “Aleppo, Capital for Syrian Cinema 2016” celebration by Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism between 22 and 30 October. State news agency, SANA, said the “celebration” is aimed to “support Aleppo city steadfastness and to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Islam Army said Saturday that an agreement has been reached with a rival group in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs after weeks of rifts and discords, according to statement, posted online. The statement, seen by Zaman al-Wasl, said  Jaish al-Islam and Faylaq...