(Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Turkish Authorities have freed 8 Syrian refugees, including a woman, were detained in Ataturk airport in Istanbul over using of forged passports, one of the freed refugees told Zaman al-Wasl. Siraj Eddin Allon, who talked to Zaman...

Favorable rains have helped Syria’s 2015 wheat harvest but the country’s food insecurity is worsening overall because of war, two U.N. agencies said Thursday. Food production “remains way below its precrisis levels as the ongoing conflict continues to push more people into hunger and...

Turkish forces returned fire on Islamic State militants in Syria with tank shells on Thursday after a Turkish soldier was killed and two others were wounded in a cross-border firefight, the military said. The fighting comes days after a suspected suicide bombing by the Islamist...

 Rebels that include Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate announced a fierce offensive on the major southern city of Deraa, saying their aim was to "purify" the area. Operation "Storm of Truth" was announced on Twitter by the Southern Front, an alliance of rebel groups, "to purify the province of...