Families of detainees in Syrian prisons are routinely forced to bribe officials to be allowed to visit them or to win their release, according to a report that reveals the vast scale of extortion in the detention system. The sums involved – rising as high as £2m in one jail - are likely...

Turkish security forces neutralized four PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Monday. The terrorists were trying to infiltrate the Operation Peace Spring zone, south of Turkey's border, to disrupt peace and security in the region, the ministry said on...

A huge cache of arms and ammunition was seized by Turkish security forces following an operation in the country's southeastern region against PKK, a terrorist organization, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. Gendarmerie forces carried out search activity after the Yildirim-1 Cudi...

 Militants ambushed buses traveling down a highway in central Syria late Sunday, killing nine people, including a 13-year-old girl, state media reported. The ambush is the second this week to target buses traveling between government-controlled areas and to be blamed on suspected...