When Syrian opposition took over Idlib at the beginning of the Syrian revolution in 2011, dozens of pro-Bashar al-Assad militants and corrupt officials had fled the northern province to nearby cities, while some headed to Turkey and Europe like Yasser Salim Al-Asaad. At the start...

Turkey dismissed prospects of any imminent ceasefire in Libya on Monday, saying any deal incorporating the conflict's existing front lines would not benefit the Ankara-backed Government of National Accord. In an interview with state broadcaster TRT Haber, Foreign Minister Mevlut...

Teachers in the Kurdish-held part of eastern Deir Ezzor province have refused to replace the UNICEF curricula with a Kurdish educational program in the elementary schools, activists said Sunday. The curriculum is promoting the Kurdish militant movement and personalities in a region that...

Florida has registered more than 15,000 new cases of coronavirus in a day, easily breaking a record for a US state previously held by California, according to official numbers published Sunday. The total of 15,299 cases in the hard-hit southeastern state was up sharply, 47 percent above the...