Turkish troops fired on U.S.-backed Kurdish militia fighters in northern Syria on Thursday, highlighting the complications of an incursion meant to secure the border region against both Islamic State and Kurdish advances. Syrian rebels backed by Turkish special forces, tanks and...

A  UN investigation has established that President Bashar al-Assad's forces carried out at least two chemical attacks in Syria and that Islamic State [IS] militants used mustard gas as a weapon. The panel was able to identify the perpetrators of three chemical...

Turkish stocks opened higher on Thursday as global markets wait for clues from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole meeting on Friday as to the outlook for international monetary policy. Borsa Istanbul’s BIST-100 share index rose 348.04 points (0.46 percent) to 76,464.35 at the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army have seized control of the ISIS-held town of Jarabulus on the Turkish border, following major attack backed by Turkish elite forces and the U.S.-led coalition air strikes, opposition media outlets and activists said. The moderate FSA forces have captured...