Bashar al-Assad
Syria Peace Talks May Resume In July
A new round of Syria peace talks could happen next month in Geneva, the United Nations envoy said Wednesday, following...
Trump Promises Press Conference On Islamic State Fight
US President Donald Trump on Monday promised to reveal details of his long-awaited plan for fighting the Islamic State...
US-Backed Syria Force Advances In Raqa, Battles For Base
US-backed Syrian fighters said they had seized a second district of Raqa on Sunday and launched a renewed assault on a...
US-Backed Force Says Seized First Western District In Raqa
US-backed Syrian fighters captured their first western district of the Islamic State group's bastion Raqa on Sunday,...
Syria Army Says It Holds Fifth of Key Desert Territory
Syrian pro-government forces now hold more than a fifth of the country's strategic desert, the army said Saturday,...
Erdogan Vows To Stand By ‘Qatari Brothers’ Amid Crisis
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan requested the full removal of a Saudi-led blockade of Qatar after approving the...
Pro-Syria Regime Drone Shot Down After It Fires On Coalition
A US warplane shot down a pro-regime drone in Syria on Thursday after it fired at coalition forces, officials said,...
Turkey In ‘difficult Position’ Over Support For Qatar
Turkey is keen to support its close ally Qatar in a diplomatic crisis with Doha's Gulf neighbours, but has found itself...
When IS Group Reign Ends, Who Will Rule Syria’s Raqa?
The battle by US-backed forces to oust the Islamic State group from its Syrian bastion of Raqa will solve one problem...
Turkey’s Parliament To Debate Troop Deployment To Qatar
Turkey's parliament will debate on Wednesday a bill that would allow its troops to be deployed to a Turkish base in...
US Coalition Strike On Pro-Assad Forces An ‘act of Aggression’
Moscow on Wednesday condemned a US-led coalition strike on pro-regime fighters in Syria as an "act of aggression" that...
Gun Attacks and Suicide Bomb In Tehran, At Least Two Dead
Gunmen and a suicide bomber have carried out apparently coordinated attacks on Iran's parliament and the tomb of...
Syrian Army Pushes Into Raqa Province
Syria's army advanced into Raqa province Tuesday, a monitor and a military source said, on the same day US-backed...
Gulf Crisis Presents Opportunities, Uncertainties For Iran
Viewed from Tehran, the extraordinary spat between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours has many advantages, experts say, but...
Tillerson Tells China To ‘step Up’ On North Korea
China and other nations must strengthen efforts to curb North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, US Secretary of State...
Syria’s Assad Says War’s ‘worst Is Behind Us’
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has said the worst of his country's six-year war "is behind us" after a string of...
Putin Scorns US Claims Over Trump-Russia Ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Americans must stop their “hysteria” about an alleged Russian deal with...
Coalition Forces Reinforce At Key Tanf Garrison In Syria
US-led coalition forces in Syria are reinforcing their garrison near the crucial Al-Tanf border crossing amid a buildup...
US-Led Strike Kills Founder of IS Propaganda Agency
A US-led coalition air strike on eastern Syria has killed a founder of the Islamic State group's notorious Amaq...