Steps on forming a planned safe zone in northern Syria should be taken as soon as possible, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. Speaking to members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Turkish-American Council, Erdogan said Turkey had every means to create the safe...

The death toll from the collapse of an eight-storey building in Istanbul rose to six on Thursday, while 13 others were wounded, the governor of Turkish city said. The residential building, in the Kartal district on the Asian side of the city, collapsed on Wednesday. It was not immediately...

The Israeli army has released a Lebanese national arrested earlier this week for illegally crossing the border between the two countries. “The army arrested the suspect on Tuesday for infiltrating Israel from Lebanon," Israeli army spokesman Avichai Adraee said in a statement....

At least 18 members of the Daesh terrorist group were killed in two separate army operations in Iraq’s northern Kirkuk and Saladin provinces, according to official sources. In a Thursday statement, Iraqi police spokesman Yehia Rasool said that army forces, with support from U.S.-led...