An investigation commissioned by Austria's defense minister has concluded there was no wrongdoing by Austrian peacekeepers in a 2012 incident in which smugglers ambushed Syrian secret police in the Golan Heights. The probe followed the leaking of a video apparently filmed by Austrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A senior commander in the Turkish-backed Syrian forces said a ceasefire to be declared soon in northern Syria. Mustaga Saijeri from Liwa al-Mu'tassem, key unit in the Free Syria Army said opposition-held areas in Aleppo, Hama and Idlib provinces to be included in the...

The U.S. hopes to establish control over the Iraq-Syria border and has deployed troops to Iraq’s Sinjar Mountain region for this purpose, according to a spokesman for the Arab tribes of Iraq’s northern Nineveh province. “Roughly 150 U.S. troops in about 20 armored vehicles have...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday as "very successful", specifically mentioning the contentious issue of a terrorist group in northern Syria. "I am pleased that we have achieved considerable progress on the...