The UN’s special envoy to Syria thanked Turkey for its acceptance of Syrian refugees Wednesday. Staffan de Mistura met Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Hadi Sinirlioglu in Ankara. "De Mistura conveyed his appreciation for the substantial effort by Turkey in welcoming and hosting a...

Islamic State militants have punished at least 94 people including five teenagers, accusing them of violations during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a rights group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Thursday. The people were flogged, hung up by their arms or put in metal...

Iran will have no way to avoid inspections of military or other sites that the United States and its allies deem suspicious when a nuclear pact sealed this week goes into effect, U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice said on Wednesday. Rice, in an interview with Reuters,...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Charities trying to deliver aid across Syria to help victims of the worsening conflict, have admitted it is hard, if not impossible, to know where supplies end up and fear future funding could be at risk, a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation...