President Donald Trump has authorized $4.5 million in aid for Syria's White Helmets group, famed for rescuing wounded civilians from the frontlines in the civil war, the White House said Tuesday. Trump ordered the funds for what is formally known as the Syria Civil Defense group "to...

The UN's chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday it was checking Kurdish allegations that Turkish forces fired non-conventional weapons in northern Syria, but emphasised it had not launched a formal investigation. "OPCW experts are engaged in the process of assessing the credibility of...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday it was too early to know if an accord to end Turkey's assault in Syria would succeed, ahead of a deadline for Kurdish fighters to leave border areas. "Some progress has certainly been made," Pompeo said at the Heritage Foundation in Washington...

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday Germany had received questions and some irritation from allies after Germany’s defense minister suggested creating a security zone in northern Syria. Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer - also the leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s...