U.S. President Barack Obama believes that holding military talks with Russia on Syria is an important next step and hopes they will take place very shortly, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday. Russia, which is building up a military presence in Syria, was quick to say...

Turkish authorities to open border crossings with Syria during Eid al-Adha, despite the tensions, a such move allows thousands of Syrian refugees scattered on the both sides of the border to meet again after nearly 9 months of border closure due to the deteriorating security situation, source...

Hundreds of Syrian refugees hoping to cross the Turkish border into Greece or Bulgaria will be removed by the weekend, the local governor said Thursday. Dursun Ali Sahin, the governor of Erdine province bordering Greece and Bulgaria, said the refugees, who are mostly Syrians, would have to...

Just a couple of weeks after the case of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi caused worldwide outrage over the plight of refugees, another drowned Syrian child, a 4-year-old girl, has washed up, this time in western Izmir province. According to local Turkish authorities, the yet to be...