Two Turkish Airlines pilots who were kidnapped in Lebanon in August are close to being released, Turkey's foreign minister said Friday. "Very favourable developments are under way concerning the two Turkish pilots, this matter has been largely settled," Ahmet Davutoglu said on local...

The rise of al Qaeda in parts of Syria's north has left  Turkey  facing a new security threat on its already vulnerable border and raised questions about its wholesale support for rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad. Turkey  has long championed more robust backing...

  The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham denies being hit by Turkish mortar as the Turkish Chief of General Staff has said in response to a mortar shell fired on Tuesday from Syria's Parsaia Mountain near the border town of Azaz, sources told Zaman Alwasl.  ...

  Muslims throughout the world have been marking Eid al-Adha, but in war-torn Syria there is nothing to celebrate. Most people are struggling to meet the most basic of needs: food, water, and shelter. Their plight has been highlighted by Arabic media reports which cite a...