The Greek government agreed Friday that it is essential to reduce the number refugees on Lesbos, according to an official announcement. Officials met in Athens to discuss the migration crisis and focused on the thousands of refugees and migrants stranded on Lesbos island. After...

Syrian regime’s Bashar al-Assad and Russia are both moving further away from peace and humanity, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said Thursday. Addressing university students at the Hertie School of Governance after her official talks in Berlin, Wallstrom expressed great concern...

France is to launch a new push for United Nations backing for a ceasefire in Syria that would allow aid into the city of Aleppo after some of the heaviest bombing of the war. As diplomatic efforts resumed, a Syrian military source said army commanders had decided to scale back air strikes...

A delegation of German lawmakers visited Incirlik air base in southern Turkey on Wednesday, state-run Anadolu Agency said, defusing a months-long row that had prevented them meeting troops serving in the coalition against Islamic State. Turkey in June barred the politicians from the base,...