A joint Turkish-U.S. operation center to establish and manage a safe zone in northeast Syria will be fully operational next week, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Friday. Ankara and Washington have also agreed in general terms about control and coordination of air space in the...

After being suddenly deported from Turkey, Nidal Hussein stood dazed just inside war-torn Syria, the latest victim of neighbouring countries growing tired of hosting millions of Syrian refugees. "I left my wife and three children in Istanbul," the 48-year-old said last month, after he was...

Syrian air defenses identified a missile that was fired toward the city of Masyaf near Hama late on Thursday and destroyed it before it hit its target, a Syrian military source said. The missile was fired from the direction of northern Lebanon, the military source added in a statement...

A rebel group backed by Turkey will send reinforcements to the front lines of the last major rebel enclave in northern Syria to oppose a regime offensive, it said on Thursday. Over the past week, the Syrian army has advanced towards the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib in a pincer...