A European Union draft deal with Turkey to stop migrants reaching Greece introduces a harder edge of coercion to what critics have derided as a hitherto feeble EU response to a crisis tearing it apart. Just last week, some saw European Council President Donald Tusk running short...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Ahrar al-Sham Islamist group condemned statement issued Tuesday the fierce break up of Monday's anti-regime demonstration in Idlib city and arresting prominent media activists. The group said its fighters had not participated in the repression of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Al Qaeda Syria's branch, the Nusra Front, harshly broke up an ant-regime demonstration in northern Idlib city and arrested five media activists as the revolution's fifth anniversary nears, activists said on Monday. Fighters of the Nusra-led Army of conquest, or Fatah Army,...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday demanded the "urgent" relocation of thousands of refugees to other EU countries, as neighbouring Macedonia further tightened a border blockade trapping them in his country. He made the call on the eve of a crucial EU-Turkey migration summit in...