The United Nations Security Council on Friday extended a long-running peacekeeping mission between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for six months and expressed concern that military activities in the area could escalate tensions. Since a lightning rebel offensive ousted...

At least eleven people are dead and up to 80 people injured in an attack on a German Christmas market in Magdeburg, Bild newspaper reported Friday, without citing its sources. A car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in the eastern German town of Magdeburg, broadcaster MDR and other...

The EU announced on Friday that it is considering efforts for Syria's reconstruction, including preparations for the 9th Brussels Conference to support Syria.  At the daily press briefing, EU Foreign Affairs spokesman Anouar El Anouni responded to an Anadolu reporter's question: "Does the...

Israeli troops fired live bullets at Syrians protesting in the southwest Daraa province hours after Israel's military offensive and seizure of two villages on Friday, injuring one.   Earlier on Friday, Israeli forces seized two villages, Jamlah and Maaraba, in Daraa province's Yarmouk...