(Reuters) - Turkey has started building a new wall along a fragment of its southeastern border with Syria as it struggles against smuggling, illegal migration and the threat from al Qaeda fighters among Syria's rebel ranks. Slabs of concrete have sprung up in...
HOSN, Syria (AP) — The Crac des Chevaliers once held off a siege by the Muslim warrior Saladin some 900 years ago, but today bears the wounds of modern warfare: heavy artillery damaged its walls, an airstrike punctured its roof and shrapnel tore through its religious artifacts....
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media say rockets have slammed into a government-held district in the northern city of Aleppo, killing 9 people. The SANA state news agency said on Monday that the overnight attack occurred in Aleppo's residential neighborhood of Ashrafiyeh....