Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu crossed briefly into Syria on Sunday to visit the tomb of a revered Ottoman figure situated a few hundred meters from the border, in a move likely to anger the authorities in Damascus. The tomb of Suleyman Shah, grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman...

Syrian troops backed by heavy air strikes have edged closer to a hospital in northwestern Syria where dozens of Syrian soldiers and loyalist fighters have been holed up for the past two weeks, the army said on Sunday. An army source told Reuters that its troops were now several...

(The Daily Star)- The Lebanese Army will not “slip” into engaging in any war inside the Syrian area of Qalamoun, where Hezbollah and the Syrian Army are currently fighting jihadis, Commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi said. According to a report by the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat newspaper’s Sunday...

Iranian-allied Houthi fighters in Yemen accepted on Sunday a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by adversary Saudi Arabia but warned they would respond to any violations. Neighboring Saudi Arabia had said on Friday that the ceasefire could begin on Tuesday if the Houthi...