France on Friday imposed a six-month asset freeze on several international companies allegedly linked to a chemical weapons programme in Syria, as ministers meeting in Paris vowed that governments that gas their own people would not go unpunished. The asset freezes came as officials...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday described the Israeli killings of Palestinians as "thuggery, atrocity and state terror". In his opening address at the ongoing extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Erdogan said: "I clearly say: what...

  Air strikes against Syrian rebels have gone up 150 percent since Russia intervened in the conflict in 2015, helping the regime triple the territory under its control, a report published on Tuesday showed. The analysis by IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre (JTIC) also...

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri calls the U.S. decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem a "provocative" act that closes the doors for any attempts to reach peace between the Israel and Palestinians. Hariri in a series of tweets Monday said he regrets "this decision that is igniting...