Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said recent army advances in Aleppo will completely change the course of the country’s war, state television reported on Wednesday. Syrian government forces may be on the verge of taking …
n the early days of the assault on Islamic State in Mosul, Iran successfully pressed Iraq to change its battle plan and seal off the city, an intervention which has since shaped the tortuous …
The Obama administration’s failure to enforce the “red line” it drew for intervention in Syria against President Bashar Assad in 2013 “cost” the US “significantly” in the Middle East, US Secretary of State John …
U.S.-backed moderate rebels’ loss of the eastern half of Syria’s largest city Aleppo to Russian-backed government forces would be a defeat for President Barack Obama’s efforts to promote democracy and defeat terrorism in the …
WASHINGTON D.C. – In unprecedented and harsh criticism of Israeli government policy, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that Israel must choose between settlement construction in the West Bank and a two-state …
A U.S. Senate vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for 10 years shows the world that Washington cannot be relied upon to act on its commitments, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif …
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak is a leader gifted with foresight due to his ability to recognise China as a top trade partner, an Umno delegate said at the party’s …
Iraqi Kurdish food retailer Nuri Barzan was considering closing his warehouse because of the lack of business when the launch of a military campaign to oust Islamic State from their stronghold of Mosul eased …
Two Iranians and their Kenyan driver, who worked for the Iranian embassy in Nairobi, were charged on Thursday with collecting information for a terrorist act after filming the Israeli embassy, lawyers said. Sayed Nasrollah …
Russian President Vladimir Putin played a crucial role in helping OPEC rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia set aside differences to forge the cartel’s first deal with non-OPEC Russia in 15 years. Interventions ahead of …