Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke over the phone conversation Thursday and discussed matters related to documents signed by Syria's government and opposition, Russia's foreign ministry said. It said the two ministers agreed it was important...

Around 1,000 people protested Friday in central Baghdad demanding the release of an Iraqi female journalist after she was abducted by unknown gunmen. "Freedom for Afrah!" cried the demonstrators, who included many women, after Afrah Shawqi was seized Monday from her home in a southern...

A leading terrorist has been killed by Turkish security forces in the eastern Tunceli province, the Turkish General Staff announced Friday. A General Staff statement said that the terrorist identified as S.I., code-named Ozan, was killed when security forces repelled his attack on a...

Russia has circulated a proposed resolution at the U.N. Security Council that would endorse the fragile cease-fire aimed at ending nearly six years of war, the country's ambassador to the United Nations said Friday. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters before a Security Council meeting...