EU leaders plan to discuss arm exports to Turkey with NATO allies and Washington, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, after Greece pushed for an arms embargo on Ankara. Merkel spoke after a summit where the bloc’s 27 leaders agreed to prepare limited sanctions on Turkish...

Russia’s military will set up positions around the northeast Syrian town of Ain Issa as part of an agreement with the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to reduce attacks from Turkish-controlled areas nearby. Riyadh al-Khalaf, the military council leader for Tal...

The Interior Ministry has announced that Syrians convicted of serious crimes can be deported for the first time since 2012. The change, from January, won't affect the vast majority of refugees who have made Germany home. Germany will not renew the ban on deportations to war-ravaged...

Pro-government Sham FM radio has turned into a platform for state officials to deny corruption claims amid deteriorating economic hardships. The Minister of Agriculture Mohamed Hassan Qatana went on Sham FM to deny his previous suggestion that Syrians should start making their own bread...