Turkish riot police using tear gas and water cannon battled protesters for control of Istanbul's Taksim Square on Tuesday night as demonstrators defied Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's demand they clear the area and end 10 days of demonstrations. Police fired volleys of tear gas canisters...

    The activists and civil society in Aleppo have organized a protest   in front of Sharia Council headquarter, demanding justice for a 14-year-old boy, allegedly by al-Qaeda-linked fighters who accused him of blasphemy.. In response to the increasing condemns,...

A total of 24 Ukrainians and four Syrians will be evacuated from Syria to Ukraine on Tuesday, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Yevhen Perebyinis told a briefing. "In the context of ensuring the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from Syria, 24 citizens of Ukraine and four Syrians –...

  Nick Griffin , the leader of the British National Party, has waded into controversy about the Syrian crisis by paying a "fact-finding visit" to Damascus as part of a delegation of far-right and nationalist European politicians. Griffin, the MEP for North-west England, used his...