Istanbul (AFP)- Eight Turkish soldiers were killed and 13 wounded on Thursday as part of Ankara's cross-border offensive against a Kurdish militia in northwest Syria, the army said. The death toll, released by the Turkish military staff in two separate statements, makes Thursday one of...

GENEVA (Reuters)- At the request of Britain, the United Nations Human Rights Council is expected to hold an "urgent debate" Friday on the deteriorating situation in Syria's enclave of eastern Ghouta, a spokesman said Thursday. The bureau of the 47-member state Geneva forum agreed to the...

The United Nations said Thursday it hoped aid convoys could head into Syria's besieged rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta within days, after the Damascus government appeared to have finally provided authorization. "We may now be able to go to eastern Ghouta in the next few days," Jan...

Syrian militant rebels took back some ground Thursday from rival insurgent groups near Syria's border with Turkey after losing control of several towns to them in recent days, rebels and residents said. The rebel-held area in northwestern Syria is their biggest remaining stronghold, and...