Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to form new government, the presidential press office said on Thursday. "As of now we have started efforts to fulfill this duty and firstly we will hold talks with the chairmen of political parties," Davutoglu...

A key rebel group operating under Southern Front in Daraa province, said over disputes with other rebel groups it will not continue its mission as a guardian of Nasib border crossing which rebels had captured last April, according to statement issued Wednesday. Yarmouk Army said some rebel...

ISIS fighters on Wednesday have pressed advances in the eastern countryside of Homs province, getting closer to government-held city of Homs, field sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The ultra-hardline Islamist group took more districts near Furuqlus town that situated on the eastern gate of...

The European Union's chairman joined growing international calls for Greece to be granted debt restructuring as part of any new loan deal if it delivers convincing reforms to avert imminent bankruptcy. The call was an implicit challenge to Germany, Athens' biggest creditor,...