The U.N. Security Council will vote Friday at 4:00 p.m. local time, on a draft resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to allow for deliveries of humanitarian aid and medical evacuations, diplomats said. A slightly amended text was circulated to council members, but it was unclear...

Over 200 people Thursday protested outside the Russian consulate in Istanbul against the deadly assault on Syria's rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta. More than 350 civilians have been killed in the five-day-old blitz by the Syrian regime led by President Bashar Assad in the...

 Despite a crippling siege, infighting and a ferocious wave of bombardment, Syrian rebels have clung on to their Eastern Ghouta stronghold near Damascus – but a looming ground offensive might finally oust them. A renewed regime air campaign has left nearly 200 civilians dead in just...

At least 20 undocumented Afghan migrants were held in the central Turkish province of Sivas after they illegally entered the country, according to a security source on Tuesday. The migrants, including 10 children, were caught after gendarmerie forces stopped a minibus on Tokat-Erzincan...