The family of detainee Mohamed Mahmoud Al-Suwaidan received his death certificate on Tuesday after being held by regime military intellignce last year and locked up in notorious Saydnaya prison north of the capital. Activists said that Al-Suwaidan was arrested and detained in Saydnaya...

Syrians are returning homes in Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn as comprehensive security measures have been taken in the northern Syrian districts, military sources said on Friday. The military sources also said that the joint patrol of Turkey and Russia are taking place in the northern Syria at...

Shopkeepers in Iraq's Kurdish region have been responding to activists' calls to boycott Turkish goods in protest at Ankara's assault on Kurdish forces in neighbouring Syria. From pomegranates to plastic buckets, yoghurt and beauty products, Iraq imports more than $8 billion worth of...

Greece has passed a controversial law aimed at curbing migrant arrivals, sparking widespread criticism from rights groups who say the bill weakens protection for refugees. The government says the new legislation, passed late on Thursday, seeks to codify and clarify what are now a disparate set...