Russia censures OPCW for 'politically-biased' probe into Syria chemical attack
madaresharghi Russia has slammed the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for its biased probe into an April incident in Syria where civilians died of the use of ...
Syrian government agrees to ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta: UN envoy
madaresharghi The Syrian government has agreed to a ceasefire in the militant-held Eastern Ghouta region following days of heavy conflict, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura says. "Russia ...
Israeli chess players seek to travel to Saudi Arabia for tournament
madaresharghi Seven Israeli chess players have applied for visas to participate in a tournament in Saudi Arabia amid reports of Tel-Aviv-Riyadh efforts to normalize ties. The visa requests by the ...
Egypt forces kill 14 militants in wake of bloody Sinai massacre
madaresharghi Egyptian security forces have killed at least 14 militants in two separate operations in the wake of the massacre at a mosque in the northern part of the restive ...
Dozens of Israeli settlers attack al-Aqsa Mosque
madaresharghi Dozens of Israeli settlers have stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Israeli-occupied Old City of East Jerusalem al-Quds amid frequent acts of violence committed by Israeli forces and ...
Thousands more US military service members in Iraq, Syria than believed
madaresharghi Thousands more American troops are serving in Iraq and Syria than has been previously acknowledged by the Pentagon, a new report found. According to the Defense Manpower Data Center's quarterly ...
Syrian government delegation to arrive in Geneva for peace talks
madaresharghi A Syrian government delegation will arrive in Geneva on Wednesday, a day later than expected, to attend peace talks being held there this week, Syrian state news agency SANA ...
Israel: Nasrallah 'murder target' in next Lebanon war
madaresharghi The Israeli military threatened that Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah, will be a target of assassination in its next war against the Arab ...
UN: Syria accepts Russian plan for ceasefire in besieged zone
madaresharghi BASSAM KHABIEH/REUTERSPeople gather at a damaged site after an airstrike in the militant-held besieged town of Douma, eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, on November 27, 2017. The Syrian government ...
Anger over Greek plan to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia
madaresharghi A political dispute in Greece over a controversial arms deal with Saudi Arabia is deepening, with opposition politicians and critics decrying plans to sell 66 million euros ($78.7 million) ...