The United States' efforts to create a buffer zone in northern Syria have so far been "cosmetic", Turkey's foreign minister said Tuesday, as he accused Washington of stalling. NATO allies Turkey and the US agreed last month to set up the buffer zone in Syria to keep Kurdish forces away from...

(Zaman Al Wasl- The Kurdish-led forces on Monday have released four activists in eastern Raqqa province after a month of arbitrary arrest, local monitoring group reported. Salah al-Katea, Anas al-Abbo, Iyas al-Abbo and Khalid al-Salama were detained by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...

Air strikes hit positions of pro-Iranian forces and allied militias in eastern Syria overnight, killing 18 fighters, a war monitor said Monday. It was not clear who carried out the raids in the region of Albu Kamal near the border with Iraq, according to the Syrian Observatory for...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, speaking hours after joint U.S.-Turkey patrols began in northern Syria, said on Sunday Ankara and Washington have constantly disagreed over establishing the planned “safe zone.” “We are negotiating with the U.S. for the safe zone, but we see at every...