The Syrian army will regain control of the country's north by force if rebels there refuse to surrender, Bashar Assad said in an interview with Russian television channel NTV Sunday. Assad's comments come after Damascus said it rejected the presence of Turkish and U.S. forces around the...

 A Palestinian man shot by Israeli forces two days ago during clashes on the Gaza border died of his wounds early Sunday, the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory said. "Osama Khalil Abu Khater, 29-years-old, died of wounds to his stomach after being shot by the Israeli enemy...

Turks began voting Sunday for a new president and parliament in elections that pose the biggest ballot box challenge to Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party since they swept to power more than a decade and a half ago. The elections will also usher in a powerful new...

Russian jets struck an opposition held town in southwest Syria Sunday, opposition sources said, in the first air cover provided by Moscow to an expanding regime army offensive to recapture the strategic area bordering Jordan and the Israeli occupied Golan Heights. Two tracking centers...