(Zaman Al Wasl)- Abo Jaafar al-Homsi, one of the most prominent commanders in Syria, lost his life on Thursday when he drowned in the border village of Darkoush in Idlib province, activists reported, saying the death happened in mysterious circumstances. Activists mourned Abu Ja'far, the...

Any mistake in a planned U.S.-backed operation to drive Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul could result in hundreds of thousands of refugees, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Thursday. Turkey is locked in an escalating row with Iraq over who should take part in...

The Turkish Armed Forces sacked 109 military judges on Thursday, the defense ministry said, further extending a crackdown which has targeted tens of thousands of state employees as part of an investigation into an attempted coup in July. Ankara says a stream of suspensions, dismissals and...

Egypt says it has secured fuel imports to make up for a shortfall caused by Saudi Arabia's abrupt decision to halt previously agreed shipments, avoiding a potentially politically costly fuel shortage and propelling the issue of oil onto the center stage of an escalating Saudi-Egypt spat....