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Turkish coast guard: 48 Syrian migrants stopped at sea

Turkey's coast guard has prevented 48 Syrian migrants from reaching Greece, but Turkey's foreign minister said Saturday that the migrant deal is at risk if the country's citizens aren't granted visa-free travel. The migrants on a rubber dinghy were stopped after a tip early Friday, the coast...

300 families of ISIS fighters flee Syria's Raqqa

Three hundred families of ISIS fighters have fled the extremists' self-proclaimed Syrian capital of Raqqa in 24 hours, as rival forces encircle the city, activists said Saturday. The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "300 families of foreign fighters of ISIS have...

Pained writings on the wall of former ISIS prison in Syria

On the walls of a former ISIS-run jail, Syrian detainees whiled away endless months by scrawling phrases and poems, praying for freedom or bidding farewell to loved ones. One former prisoner of the extremists, Khalifah al-Khidr, returned to his cell in Al-Bab's jail two weeks after the...

Turkey summons Dutch charge d'affaires to foreign ministry

Turkey summoned the Dutch charge d'affaires to the foreign ministry Saturday, foreign ministry sources said, as a row between the two countries escalated with the Dutch government banning Turkey's Foreign Minister from flying to Rotterdam. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had been due to...