Turkey all but ruled out direct talks with Kurdish militants to end one of the worst periods of bloodshed in a three-decade insurgency on Friday, saying the government would instead bring what it called civil society groups to the table. In a speech in the southeastern city of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian warplanes have staged more raids on central provinces of Homs and Hama provinces as Syrian rebels killed 15 fighters loyal to Bashar al-Assad in Jadrin village, activists said on Friday. Dominant Ahrar al-Sham movement with other rebels groups said they have killed 15...

(Zaman Al Wasl- agencies)- Syrian regime forces and allied fighters seized the town of Ataman near Deraa city Friday, Hezbollah's Al Manar television and a Syrian monitoring group said, building on gains made last week in the southern province. The recapture from rebels of Ataman, around...

Tens of thousands of Syrians were reported to have fled their homes on Thursday as regime troops pressed a major Russian-backed offensive around second city Aleppo. Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking at a donors conference in London, said up to 70,000 people were...