Turkish military chief Gen. Hulusi Akar on Friday visited military brigades stationed on the border with Syria. Akar was accompanied by Land Forces Commander Yasar Guler, Air Forces Commander Hasan Kucukakyuz, and Naval Forces Commander Adnan Ozbal, according to Anadolu Agency...

Israel must prevent the entry of refugees fleeing fighting in Syria, a senior Israeli cabinet minister said Friday. The remarks by Yuval Steinitz, energy minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, came on the same day that the Israeli military said it had transferred...

Women and children crammed in the back of pick-up trucks piled high with mattresses and blankets, dozens of Syrian refugees in Lebanon began crossing the border Thursday, heading back home to an uncertain future in war-torn Syria. The small exodus is part of a repatriation that the...

 A barrage of airstrikes hit rebel-held areas in southwestern Syria on Thursday, killing at least 23 civilians, including 12 children, hiding in an underground shelter as regime forces pressed their offensive to reclaim a region that was until recently part of a negotiated truce....