Israeli naval forces on Saturday arrested two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip, according to Gaza’s fishermen’s union.  "Israeli naval vessels opened fire on a small Palestinian fishing boat before boarding it and detaining two fishermen," union...

Russia, Turkey and Iran will present a list of candidates for the Syrian Constitutional Committee to the UN next week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday. The document is ready and will be presented to the UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura next week, Lavrov...

Turkish forces will enter the Syrian town of Manbij if the United States does not remove YPG Kurdish fighters, and it will also target Kurdish-controlled areas further east, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday. "Manbij is a place where Arabs live, but they have surrendered the...

Russia's top diplomat says the make-up of a committee meant to draft a new constitution for Syria is nearly complete, with almost all members agreed on. The announcement comes after Syria's warring sides and mediators last month failed to agree on the formation of the committee, which is...