Turkey vowed to root out allies of the U.S.-based cleric it blames for an abortive coup last week, widening a purge of the army, police and judiciary on Tuesday to universities and schools, the intelligence agency and religious authorities. Around 50,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime air force leadership has signed a contract with the Iranian Pars Company for aircraft manufacturer to repair 5 Antonov 26 in the framework of military cooperation, source said. The source, an officer in regime ranks, confirmed that at least one Antonov...

 New British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called on Tuesday for Russia and other states to demand Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down as he prepared for his first meeting with Western counterparts on Syria's intractable civil war. Johnson will meet peers from Germany, France,...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry took a proposal to boost military and intelligence cooperation against Islamic State and al Qaeda in Syria to Moscow on Thursday, despite doubts among U.S. defense and intelligence officials. Kerry was due to meet President Vladimir Putin on Thursday evening...