
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said his country won’t accept isolation as he was sworn in for a second term on Thursday by supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Sayyed Ali Khamanei “We will never accept isolation,” Rouhani told a packed audience of Iranian political and military officials in Tehran. ...

Syrian government and foreign-backed armed opposition will cease fire in northern parts of Homs province on Thursday after Russia struck a deal with the opposition on implementing a safe zone, Moscow said. “From 1200 local time (0900 GMT), units of the moderate opposition and government forces will completely stop firing,” ...