Syrian regime troops Wednesday were engaged in heavy clashes with Turkish forces in the countryside around the border town of Ras al Ain in an area where a military offensive by Ankara aims to create a "safe" zone, state media said. It did not give details but Turkish-backed rebels...

Talks between Turkish and Russian officials on developments in northeast Syria have concluded and the two delegations have “largely” reached an agreement, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying by state media on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan...

Turkey has information that the Kurdish YPG militia has not completed its withdrawal to 30 kilometers from the Turkish border in northeast Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, despite assurances from Russia that they had left. He told lawmakers from his AK Party that Turkey...

Syria's government condemned what it called the occupation of its land and the opposition demanded justice and peace Wednesday at the opening of a U.N.-backed panel designed to bring about political reconciliation ending years of civil war. The first meeting of Syria's so-called...