Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 in recognition of his efforts to end his country's long-running border conflict with Eritrea. Ethiopia and Eritrea, longtime foes who fought a border war from 1998 to 2000, restored relations in July 2018...

Syria's deputy foreign minister Faisal Maqdad attacked U.S.-backed Kurdish-led SDF forces Thursday, saying they had betrayed their country and accusing them of a separatist agenda that gave Turkey a pretext to violate his country's sovereignty. Asked about whether Damascus should resume...

Turkish forces have killed more than 100 militants in an assault on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria, Turkey’s president said on Thursday, as heavy shelling and air strikes against targets in the region continued. According to a senior Turkish security official, armed forces struck...

Turkish ground forces seized at least one village from Kurdish fighters in northern Syria as they pressed ahead with their assault for a second day Thursday, pounding towns and villages along with border with airstrikes and artillery. Residents of border areas within Syria scrambled in...