Rouhani called on Saturday for an impartial investigation of this week's suspected chemical weapons attack

Damascus and Moscow denied Syrian forces were behind the gas attack

Defence ministry says Indian navy helicopter assisted Chinese navy ship to thwart attack on merchant ship

A 39-year-old Uzbek man was arrested earlier as the suspected driver of the truck

Shia leader's call was wrapped in kind words about Assad and condemnation of US strikes carried out on Syrian airbase

Washington's first priority is the defeat of Islamic State

Engineers manually shut down the sirens' radio system and repeaters

Soldier was a Special Forces operator and was killed in the Achin district of Nangarhar province

Al-Assad thanked Kim for recognizing the Syrian struggle

They were sentenced for endangering peace and security