The U.S. is pursuing several goals by forming a border army in Syria, Russian experts told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday. On Sunday, the U.S.-led coalition spokesman Ryan Dillon announced the plan to establish a 30,000-strong new border security force with the SDF -- the U.S.-backed group...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources said the newly US-formed border force will depend on Arab fighters not only the the Kurdish militias where the forces of 30,000 personnel will be deployed along the border with Iraq and Turkey. Most of the fighters will be recruited from the...

(Bloomberg)- Turkey’s currency weakened for the first time in three days, extending early losses against the dollar Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of a potentially imminent offensive against a Kurdish stronghold in northwest Syria, raising the prospect of further...

The Trump administration is preparing to withhold tens of millions of dollars from the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, cutting the year's first contribution by more than half or perhaps entirely, and making additional donations contingent on major changes to the organization, according to...