Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia on Friday not to "play with fire", citing reports Turkish businessmen had been detained in Russia, while Moscow said it would suspend visa-free travel with Turkey. Relations between the former Cold War antagonists are at their...

Turkey’s downing of a Russian jet has played into the hands of Syrian President Bashar Assad by bringing Moscow on board with his bitter opposition to Ankara, experts say. Moscow announced Thursday it was preparing economic measures against Ankara two days after Turkish forces shot down a...

Two Palestinians rammed their cars into Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring seven, before being killed, raising this week's death toll from Palestinian-Israeli violence to 11. Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinians were wounded by Israeli army gunfire, one...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Friday have taken control of 4 villages in the southern countryside of Aleppo province, the Revolution Local Coordination Committees said. Rebels have captured villages of Makhala, Tel tajer, Kherbat Kousaand Hemaira after heavy clashes with regime troops and...