(Reporting by Mohamed Al Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Clashes between the Islamic State and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) still underway since Wednesdsy near the town of Tal-Tamer in the northern province of Hasakah, activists said. Key Kurdish militia PYD has made...

Tunisia's foreign minister says that diplomatic relations with Syria will be restored at a consular level, following a long hiatus that began during the Arab Spring. Taieb Baccouche told journalists Thursday that Syria had responded positively to the suggestion to restore...

Turkey will soon deport nine British citizens who have been detained for trying to illegally cross into Syria, Turkish officials said late Wednesday. The nine include four children and two female British citizens, the officials added. Earlier, Turkish officials told The Anadolu Agency that...

Fighters proclaiming allegiance to Islamic State seized most of a vast camp for Palestinian refugees on the outskirts of Damascus on Wednesday, a bid to capture the group's first major foothold close to President Bashar al-Assad's seat of power. Islamic State fighters already control...