President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey needed to clear the Afrin region of northwest Syria of Kurdish YPG militia fighters, who have been in the forefront of the battle there against Islamic State insurgents. Erdogan, speaking in Ankara to officials from the ruling AK...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Spokesman for the U.S.-led Syrian Democratic Forces has defected over a coordination with the Turkish intelligence, sources said on Wednesday,  No further details revealed about Colonel Talal Sillo who read most of the victory statements of the Kurdish-led alliance...

 Zimbabwe’s military seized power early on Wednesday targeting “criminals” around President Robert Mugabe but gave assurances on national television that the 93-year-old leader and his family were “safe and sound”. Soldiers and armored vehicles blocked roads to the main...

 Turkey on Tuesday said it was appalled by the approach of the U.S. Department of Defense towards an agreement between the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and Islamic State to withdraw Islamic State militants from the Syrian city of Raqqa. Last month, a YPG militia spokesman said that...