Turkish police have detained at least 24 people working for a pro-Kurdish newspaper since it was banned this week on suspicion of supporting Kurdish militants, the newspaper said. The detentions bring the number of imprisoned Turkish media workers to 99, based on figures from the European...

(The Daily Star)- The Lebanese Army said Wednesday that four Syrian nationals who had arrested for their alleged links to militant groups were referred to the judiciary. An army statement said Abdallah Muhammad Zakariya, Abdel Halim Abdel Hakim Bakkar, Ahmad Abdel Hamid Shehadeh and Muhammad...

Russia used an Iranian air base to launch airstrikes in Syria for a second day running Wednesday, rejecting U.S. suggestions its co-operation with Tehran might violate a U.N. resolution. Russia's Defense Ministry said that SU-34 fighter bombers flying from Iran's Hamadan air base had struck...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes have destroyed two hospitals in the town of Daret Azza in northern Aleppo province late on Tuesday, waging more than 30 air strikes, the town's media center said.  Most medical facilities in the the town were rocked by Regime and Russia...