The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Turkish troops tried to cross the countries' border into the Afrin region on Sunday but were forced back. Birusk Hasaka, the YPG spokesman in Afrin, said Turkish forces were repulsed after fierce clashes with Syrian rebel factions. Another YPG...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the Syrian conflict in a telephone call, in particular ways to bring stability to the country's north, the Russian foreign ministry said Sunday. They discussed tackling the Syrian crisis under the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Former commander of the Eastern Front said the key FSA unit that operating near the Iraqi border has not been invited by the U.S. to join the Kurdish-led Border Force. Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed al-Aboud told Zaman al-Wasl that despite the reports of depending on the...

A coalition of Arab parties in the Israeli parliament said Saturday it will boycott a speech by visiting U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, calling him "dangerous and messianic". Pence, who arrived in Cairo Saturday to start his first Middle East tour, travels Sunday on to Jordan and to...