( Financial Times )- For years, Ammar’s tiny money transfer shop in the Turkish city of Antakya caught no one’s attention but the fellow Syrian refugees who pressed inside to send and receive money from abroad, until this summer, when security officials started visiting every week....

Turkey's foreign minister has reiterated his country's demand that the Iraqi Kurds cancel a scheduled referendum for independence. Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Baghdad that Turkey's expectation from Irbil, the capital of the autonomous northern Iraqi Kurdish region, is "very plain and...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday what he calls Iran's "aggression" and attempts to expand its military presence in neighboring Syria. Iran is Israel's arch-rival, and Netanyahu along with Israeli security officials...

A top Palestinian official says the Palestinian people are hoping for some clear answers from the U.S. when White House envoy Jared Kushner returns to the region this week. Ahmad Majdalani, a top aide to President Mahmoud Abbas, said the they asked Kushner for the U.S. position on two key...