President Tayyip Erdogan's tactics for Turkey's second general election in five months might have changed, but the outcome looks likely to be the same: for the first time in its history, his ruling AK Party may have to share power. Opinion polls suggest the Islamist-rooted AKP,...

 Iran has acknowledged the deaths of at least 400 militia fighters in Syria, according to information posted on the country’s official news agency. The IRNA agency didn’t issue a report on the latest casualty figure, but noted in a photo caption that the country has held 400 funerals...

The head of Syria's domestic opposition, the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change, told Zaman al Wasl that he opposed Russian air strikes targeting moderate Free Syrian Army since it accepts a political solution. Hassan Abdel Azim said hitting FSA's strongholds will not drive us to...

Eight rebel groups operating in northern rural Homs have formed a coordination unit to unified military efforts to halt advances of regime troops and their allies, according to statement issued Wednesday. Rebels who seek more coordination on the battle ground have been facing a major aerial...