Two Swedes were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of terrorist crimes in committing murder in Syria in 2013, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said, adding a third person was arrested in absentia. In a brief press release, the authority said the apprehended suspects were Swedish...

( Rudaw )- Kurdish forces claim they have seized strategic areas of Hasaka amidst reports of poisonous gas attacks by ISIS in the violently contested city.   The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) claimed they took control of the crossroads at Nashwa in Hasaka this afternoon,...

Syria's two main political opposition groups agreed Thursday on a unified "roadmap" for a political solution to the country's long-running civil war, representatives of the groups said. The two parties have been trying for years to reach a common understanding on how to end the war in Syria....

Almost half of the 457 people detained by Turkish authorities on the Turkish-Syrian border between January 1 and June 30 are Chinese nationals, Turkish Armed Forces sources told Anadolu Agency Wednesday. Moreover, the suspects include citizens from at least 32 different countries, including one...