President Vladimir Putin says Russia has not been defeated in Syria after rebel groups ousted his ally and longtime leader, Bashar al-Assad, earlier this month. In his first public comments on the subject on Thursday, Putin said he had not yet met the former Syrian ruler who fled to the...

Dutch businessman Martin ten Boomer, owner of Ottomania, a shop and founder of Ottomania, which sells handicrafts from former Ottoman Empire countries such as Syria, Turkey and Lebanon, said he was optimistic that some business would return. “We hope there will be room for trade...

Turkey cannot be “confined” to its borders and the country’s potential must not be limited, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. Speaking during an award ceremony for the country’s top scientists and prospective researchers, he said, “We will be in a much...

At least 20 Palestinians, including several children, were killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, medics said on Thursday. Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said the bodies of 18 people were retrieved from under the rubble of three homes after Israeli strikes in Gaza City...