An interview with Haytham Manna.Israeli air strikes in Damascus, allegations of chemical weapons use in Aleppo, revenge massacres on the Syrian coast: to write about Syria nowadays is to become an expert in arms and gruesome forensics. So, what room is there for an opposition politician who calls himself a pacifist? Haytham Manna, a veteran activist from Dara’a, the city ...

Jabhat al-Nusra, which is affiliated to al-Qaida, consolidates position as scramble for control over wells acceleratesThe EU decision to lift Syrian oil sanctions in an effort to aid the opposition has accelerated a scramble for control over wells and pipelines in rebel-held areas and helped consolidate the grip of jihadist groups over the country's key resources.Jabhat al-Nusra, affiliated to al-Qaida, ...

HEROR, Iraq (Reuters) - Weary and caked in mud, the first group of Kurdish militants to leave Turkey under a peace plan to end three decades of war descended a mountain into Iraq on Tuesday to be met with embraces from PKK comrades.

HEROR, Iraq (Reuters) - The first group of Kurdish militants to withdraw from Turkey under a peace process entered northern Iraq on Tuesday, and were greeted by comrades from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in a symbolic step towards ending a three-decades-old insurgency. The 13 men and women, carrying guns and with rucksacks on their backs, arrived in the area ...

Deputy prime minister says Syrian regime's intelligence agency and armed groups are 'usual suspects' in attack on ReyhanliThe Turkish government has blamed Syria for the deaths of at least 40 people in two car bomb blasts in a town near the border with the country.The two bombs exploded within 15 minutes of each other in the centre of Reyhanli, which ...