
SYRIA
Kurds retake Syrian city from Daesh
An alliance of Kurdish and Arab forces has retaken the strategic city of Shaddadah in the Syrian northeastern Hasakah province from Daesh.

An alliance of Kurdish and Arab forces has retaken the strategic city of Shaddadah in the Syrian northeastern Hasakah province from Daesh.

The US government has declassified the fact it held nuclear weapons on Okinawa in Japan during the Cold War.

Three police officers in the US state of Ohio have shot dead a 37-year-old black man.

The French president says Moscow must stop supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Yemeni army forces have killed 24 Saudi soldiers in two separate retaliatory attacks.

Officials from the US and Russia have met in Geneva to discuss the cessation of hostilities in Syria.

The United States rejected Turkey's claims that US arms had ended up in the hands of Daesh, YPG and PYD, the State Department said on Friday.

Boeing says it has received the green light from the Obama administration to study the commercial airplane market in Iran.

Austrian energy giant OMV says it is considering to invest in Iran's oil industry.

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says militants in Syria should be equipped with surface-to-air missiles.

Iran says a team from the US Treasury will visit Berlin next week to unlock banking technicalities that are obstructing business between Iran and Germany.

A senior Iranian lawmaker says the continuation of pro-Zionists policies will backfire on Turkey.

The Palestinian Prisoners Club says the number of Palestinians held under Israel's administrative detention law has increased to more than 700.

Hezbollah says the Saudi decision to suspend its military aid to the Lebanese army refutes Riyadh's claims about fighting terrorism.

The US is using the alleged Chinese deployment of missiles on an island in the South China Sea to stir up animosity among China’s neighbors, an American analyst says.

A senior Iranian says Saudi Arabia’s military aggression in Yemen is a 'glaring mistake.'

The Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell says it has started the proceedings to pay a debt of around $2 billion to Iran for previous oil purchases.

Erdogan says weapons supplied by the US have ended up in the hands of Daesh as well as Kurdish fighters.