Representatives of Syrian government and armed opposition meet Monday for a seventh round of UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva. The Geneva process has been increasingly overshadowed by a separate track organized by Russia, Iran and Turkey. On Sunday, a ceasefire brokered by the United States, Russia and Jordan began in ...
Iran has congratulated Iraq on its declared victory over the ISIL Takfiri group in Mosul and offered its help to rebuild the devastated country. “Congratulations to brave people and Government of Iraq upon liberation of Mosul,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote late Sunday in a tweet. “When Iraqis join ...