The Syrian opposition will not attend peace talks due to start on Tuesday in the Kazakh capital Astana, blaming Russia's unwillingness to end air strikes against civilians in rebel-held areas and its failure to put pressure on the Syrian army to abide by a widely violated ceasefire. Osama...

Bahrain on Sunday approved a constitutional change allowing military courts to try civilians, the kingdom's latest rollback on reforms made after its 2011 Arab Spring protests that likely will stoke an ongoing government crackdown on dissent. Activists warn the amendment will allow an...

(Daily Sabah)- A total of 11 PKK terrorists have been killed in airstrikes conducted in northern Iraq, the Turkish military announced on Sunday. The statement released by the military said that the airstrikes carried out by Turkish jets on February 28 between 7:33 p.m. and 8:28 p.m. local...

Russian warplanes bombed US-backed fighters in several small villages in northern Syria after they mistakenly thought Islamic State forces were in the area, a top US general said Wednesday. On Tuesday, "we had some Russian aircraft and regime aircraft bomb some villages that I believe they...