NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has asked the European Union to act swiftly to stop boats loaded with migrants from leaving Syria’s port of Tartus, saying the east Mediterranean island nation is saturated and can’t take in any more. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said Friday that EU...

The Iraqi government for the first time is expected to bring home about 100 Iraqi families from a sprawling camp in Syria next week, a move that U.S. officials see as a hopeful sign in a long-frustrated effort to repatriate thousands from the camp, known as a breeding ground for young...

Bashar al-Assad has appointed new commanders for  the Fourth Corps, Special Forces and the Navy, a military source told Zaman al-Wasl on Friday.   Maj. Gen Ramadan Ramadan was appointed as commander of the 4th Corps and the head of the security and military committee in the...

Moscow has said it will only allow aid to enter Syria through regime-controlled border crossings, despite warnings from the UN it could lead to a humanitarian disaster. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has urged his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to secure the entry of...