The White House has condemned the assault on the Syrian border town of Qusayr by Syrian government forces, who worked with Lebanese Hezbollah allies to take control from rebel fighters . " The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the Assad...

Turkey's powerful populist leader Recep Tayip Erdogan shows no signs of flinching against masses of angry protesters who brand him a dictator, dismissing them as "a handful of vandals". Thousands have rallied, complaining that he is pushing conservative, Islamist-flavoured...

The preparatory talks regarding the peace conference on Syria ended today without agreement on the participation of Iran, which is a point of contention between United Sates and Russia. Diplomatic source told Reuters. ''Another round of the preparatory US-Russian talks will...