ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday warned Greece to demilitarize islands in the Aegean Sea, saying he was “not joking” with the admonition. Turkey says Greece has been building a military presence in violation of treaties that guarantee the unarmed...

A Syrian military official said an Israeli attack targeted sites south of the capital Damascus early on Friday, Syrian state media reported. Syrian air defences intercepted the missiles and downed most of them, but the attack caused one civilian injury and some material damage, the official...

The Biden administration has no plans to support efforts to normalize or rehabilitate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or lift sanctions on the regime, the top US diplomat for the Middle East said Wednesday. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf told US lawmakers...

The developments that Syria has witnessed since the outbreak of Russia’s war in Ukraine indicate that the entire region is on the verge of major events that are difficult to predict. There are distinct signs of Turkish determination to launch a military operation in northern Syria. This...