Two Turkish soldiers were killed and four others wounded on Friday evening by a roadside bomb in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported. The bombing targeted Turkish military vehicles near the Maarrat Misrin area in the northern countryside of Idlib, said the...

Turkey is preparing for possible further military action against a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia in northern Syria if talks on the issue with the United States and Russia fail, two Turkish officials said. President Tayyip Erdogan said this week Ankara was determined to eliminate threats...

 Schools, banks and government offices across Lebanon shut down Friday after hours of gun battles between heavily armed militias killed seven people and terrorized the residents of Beirut. The government called for a day of mourning following the armed clashes, in which gunmen used...

At least six people were killed in Beirut on Thursday when heavy gunfire targeted supporters of the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah, as they headed to a protest demanding the removal of the judge investigating last year's explosion at the city's port. The shooting on a frontline of the...