Kurdish militants sought to consolidate their control of an oil-producing region in northeastern Syria  on Sunday after seizing a border crossing with Iraq  from Islamist rebels, activists said. Fighters linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has fought in...

The European Union said Saturday it was ready to increase assistance to the World Health Organisation (WHO) if an outbreak of polio is confirmed in war-ravaged Syria. UN agencies are stepping up efforts to vaccinate children in Syria against a host of diseases and the WHO has received...

While the emergence of al-Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as a major force in the Syrian civil war has caused deep concern for many rebels, one group’s fighters claim its presence has given them a popularity boost. Until   ISIS   asserted its place in the war...

Turkey  and  Iraq , both concerned by the rise of al Qaeda in  Syria , said on Friday their strained relations were improving and they would cooperate more closely to limit the spillover from Syria's civil war. The two countries' dealings have been tense in recent...