The UN on Friday accused Turkish security forces of committing serious abuses during operations against Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey after a regional ceasefire collapsed in July 2015. A report from the United Nations' rights office details evidence of "massive destruction, killings...

Iraqi special forces battled ISIS Friday in west Mosul, where a commander said extremist resistance is showing signs of weakening under repeated assaults. The extremists are also facing simultaneous offensives in Syria by government forces, Turkish-backed rebels and a U.S.-supported alliance...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Kurdish forces took new ground from ISIS in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, the last main road out of the city which is bordered to the south by the Euphrates River, spokesman said Friday. The SDF captured the district of al-Jazrat, making significant close to...

President Vladimir Putin is to host his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks focusing on Syria, where Russia and Turkey have launched mediation efforts and coordinated military action. The two countries brokered a cease-fire in December that helped reduce the scale of fighting...