President Vladimir Putin says Russia has not been defeated in Syria after rebel groups ousted his ally and longtime leader, Bashar al-Assad, earlier this month. In his first public comments on the subject on Thursday, Putin said he had not yet met the former Syrian ruler who fled to the...

Dutch businessman Martin ten Boomer, owner of Ottomania, a shop and founder of Ottomania, which sells handicrafts from former Ottoman Empire countries such as Syria, Turkey and Lebanon, said he was optimistic that some business would return. “We hope there will be room for trade...

Turkey cannot be “confined” to its borders and the country’s potential must not be limited, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. Speaking during an award ceremony for the country’s top scientists and prospective researchers, he said, “We will be in a much...

The Israeli army on Tuesday committed at least 12 more violations of cease-fire in Lebanon that took effect last month to end more than a year of cross-border warfare with Hezbollah, state media reported. According to the official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA), the violations...