(Independent)- A majority of British people would support further action in Syria to ease civilian suffering in war-ravaged eastern Aleppo, an exclusive poll shows. The BMG Research survey for The Independent reveals that 42 per cent would back either a no-bomb zone or no-fly zone over the...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that he had informed President Obama of Turkey's intent to participate in an offensive in northern Syria. His remarks are a reminder of the strategic conundrum facing the United States, which is working to defeat the extremist Islamic State in...

A court in Paris has accepted a complaint against the Syrian regime, accusing it of war crimes, French media said Thursday. France-based television channel BFM TV reported citing judiciary sources that the court had ruled to open a criminal investigation into the complaint. The Paris...

(Middle East Eye)- A US general told AFP on Thursday that between 800 and 900 Islamic State group fighters have been killed since the Iraqi-led operation to recapture Mosul from the militants began. "Just in the operations over the last week and a half associated with Mosul, we estimate...