Some 50,000 Syrians living in Turkey outside refugee camps are being supplied with soap and other critical hygienic products. Under an accord between the Turkish Red Crescent and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), packages including soap, shampoo, and toothbrushes...

A Swiss military helicopter crashed over the Alps on Wednesday, the country’s defense ministry has confirmed. The aircraft came down over the Gotthard Pass in south-eastern Switzerland, according to a ministry statement. There was no information about the number of people involved, but...

A concrete wall being built to stop illegal crossings along the length of Turkey's 900-km (560-mile) border with Syria will be finished by the end of February, an official at a Turkish state institution with knowledge of the project said on Wednesday. Ankara has long been under pressure from...

A Russian airstrike on northern Syria’s Aleppo city on Tuesday has killed the mother and twin sister of six-year old child Sabah Sheikh Qassem. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, pro-opposition defense official Mohammed Novlo said Russian jet fighters struck a 5-floor building -- where Qassem’s...