At least 27 people are being held by ISIL in southern Syria, Human Rights Watch said Saturday as it deplored the hostage-taking as a “war crime.” The group of mostly women and children were abducted by ISIL during a massive July 25 assault on the Druze community in Sweida, in which the ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu held on Friday a joint press conference after negotiations in Moscow with Syria topping the agenda. “Turkey is one of Russia’s key partners, we see an increase in our economic relations. And we intend to build up our military-technical ...
