Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned Monday that Turkey could not be expected to stick to its commitments if it was not granted visa-free travel in the EU by June. Under a deal with the EU late last year, Turkey agreed to take back refugees from Greece while Turkish nationals were promised a...

Writing by Abdulsalam Haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces jave continuted its shelling on rebel-held areas in Latakia province in a flagrant violation to the U.S.-engineered ceasefire deal seven weeks ago amid an international silence and obvious hesitation of rebels to respond...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Elite Forces, the armed wing of the al-Ghad movement, said on Monday it had controlled four villages in Hasaka and Deir ez-Zor provinces. The footage released by al-Ghad show the villages controlled and they are Badiyet Abu Khashab, Malehet al-Zaru, Raj’aan, and Um Madfa’....

The Syrian government's chief negotiator said his team was pushing for an expanded government led by President Bashar al-Assad at U.N.-led peace talks, and Assad's own future was not up for negotiation. Bashar Ja'afari told Lebanese TV news channel al Maydeen the larger government...