Jihadists of the Islamic State group have blown up three of the famed tower tombs of Syria's ancient desert city of Palmyra, the country's antiquities chief said Friday. "They blew up three tower tombs, the best preserved and most beautiful," Maamoun Abdelkarim told AFP. News of...

Four people, suspected of human trafficking resulting in the death of 12 people, have been taken into custody Thursday in Turkey’s south-western province of Mugla, security sources said. Sources from the smuggling and organized crime police office said Thursday that four Syrian citizens had...

(CBC)- The father of a Syrian toddler whose body washed up on a Turkish beach says his boys "slipped away" from his hands after their rowboat capsized trying to reach the Greek island of Kos from Turkey with several other refugees. The death of Aylan Kurdi, 3, who...

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said images of a drowned Syrian toddler on a Turkish beach showed the need for urgent action by Europe to address the migrant crisis. "He had a name: Alyan Kurdi. Urgent action required - A Europe-wide mobilization is urgent," he wrote on his Twitter feed...