Reporting by Ahmad Primo; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by intense Russian air strikes have closed in on Aleppo city in their most significant advance since Moscow intervened in September in support of Bashar al-Assad's ailing government....

At least nine civilians and 16 separatist fighters were killed as security forces try to root out Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the army and the region's biggest parliamentary party said separately on Monday. Security forces have imposed 24-hour...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia warplanes killed 14 civilians in air strikes on al-Saliheen neighborhood in northern Aleppo city as regime forces make gains in their most significant advance since Russia intervened in September in support of Bashar al-Assad. The devastating Russian air strikes have...

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Sunday that Turkey had no choice but to take in 3 million migrants of Syria and Iraq so far. Speaking during a live program on a TV channel in Istanbul, Kurtulmus also accused the western world of watching the migrant crisis silently....