NATO allies agreed on Friday to send aircraft and ships to Turkey to strengthen Ankara's air defenses on its border with Syria, the alliance's chief said. Diplomats said the package is partly designed to avoid more shoot-downs of Russian planes. Envoys to the North Atlantic...

At least 54 PKK terrorists have been killed in ongoing operations in Turkey’s southeastern Sirnak province within the last 72 hours, a security official said Friday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Anadolu Agency that security forces had been operating in Cizre and...

A grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is expected to seek election early next year to the body that chooses Iran's supreme leader and is said to have the cautious blessing of the incumbent, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Registration opens on Thursday for the election that is likely...

  There "seems to be no agreement" on two key issues just hours before the latest international conference on Syria is held Friday in New York, Iran's foreign minister said. Mohammad Javad Zarif told The Associated Press on Thursday that his country has seen "no lists we can agree upon" of...