The Israeli army released the director of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City on Monday after more than seven months of detention following a military operation at the hospital last November. Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya was among 50 Palestinians who were released across the eastern border...

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signaled a possible restoration of relations with Syria’s Assad regime in a surprising move that marks a significant departure from years of hostility between the two nations. Erdogan’s comments, which were made after Friday prayers,...

Islamic State  fighters have killed nearly 4,100 people in  Syria  since 2019 when the jihadists lost their last stronghold in the country, a war monitor said on June 29. IS overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014, proclaiming a so-called caliphate and...

Much like every morning, Hafis A. was making his way to the restaurant where he used to work. The young  Syrian  man had no idea his life as a refugee in Istanbul was about to change. When Turkish security authorities pulled him over and demanded his papers which had expired two...