It is long forgotten that some Middle East nations, including now war-torn Syria, hosted European refugees during World War II.   Civilians from Eastern Europe and the Balkans migrated to the Middle East, crossing the Mediterranean Sea and Turkey to escape the Nazi and Soviet...

A summit between the Turkish and Russian leaders on Thursday may be the last chance to work out a deal that avoids further calamity in Syria’s northwest. Faced with mounting losses for his troops in Syria's Idlib province and a potential wave of refugees fleeing the fighting, Turkish...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed opposition forces seized a strategic town and a hilltop in the western countryside of Aleppo, local activists said Wednesday. Backed by heavy artillery fire, the National Army has taken the town of Sheikh Aqeel and the al-Arqam hilltop northwest of Aleppo...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed Syrian forces on Wednesday launched a major attack to retake Saraqeb, the strategic city two days after its fall to the Syrian regime's favour, opposition activists said. From six axes, the Sytian National Army began its battle to repel regime...