Syria’s UN ambassador will head the government delegation to upcoming peace talks, a Syrian daily reported Tuesday, while the foreign-backed armed opposition said it would be represented by Mohammad Alloush. Talks on the nearly six-year-old conflict, organized by Turkey, Russia and Iran, are set to begin on January 23 in ...
At least eight policemen were killed and three wounded in an attack by extremist militants on a security checkpoint in Egypt’s New Valley province in the Western Desert, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. State television said the attack took place at around 8.15 p.m. in the Naqb checkpoint more ...