n">Amnesty International criticized on Monday what it said was a "dismal" global response to the plight of Syrian refugees and urged neighboring countries struggling to cope with the influx of refugees to lift "deeply troubling" measures designed to keep them out. The human...

The Syrian opposition's interim government on Monday has dismissed the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Brigadier General Abdul Karim al-Ahmed, source told Zaman al-Wasl. The interim government of Syrian National Coalition said Brigadier Ahmed Berri to conduct the affairs of the Staff pending...

Talks on ending a deadlock between Greece and its international creditors broke up in failure on Sunday, with European leaders venting their frustration as Athens stumbled closer toward a debt default that threatens its future in the euro. European Union officials blamed the collapse on Athens,...

Kurdish-led militia backed by U.S.-led air strikes fought Islamic State near a Syrian town at the Turkish border on Sunday, a monitoring group and a Kurdish official said, in an advance that has worried Turkey. Concerned about an expansion of Kurdish sway in Syria, Turkish President Tayyip...