Shortly before its operatives killed 14 Iraqi Shiite children in a school bombing this month, the group once known as al-Qaeda in Iraq sent guerrillas into northern Syrian villages with orders to reopen local Sunni classrooms. In a series of early fall visits, the militants handed out religious...

A car bomb killed at least 20 people on Monday in the Syrian town of Darkush in the northwestern Idlib province, near the Turkish border, a rights group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the the toll was expected to rise, as a large number of people suffered serious...

        Turkish Authorities reopened Bab al-Salameh border crossing  from its side only after being shuttered according the conflict over Azaz town between al-Qaeda affiliate The State of Iraq and al-Sham and the north storm. The...

Turkish TV presenter Gözde Kansu (pictured) has been dismissed after a spokesman for the ruling Justice and Development Party criticised her for wearing a low-cut top on television, saying he found her outfit “unacceptable”.   A Turkish TV presenter...