German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Tuesday that creating a "safe zone" for refugees in northern Syria could put them at risk of being massacred, starkly distancing her country from a Turkish proposal. France said on Monday it would discuss with its partners in the coming...

France challenged Russia to back its words with deeds over fighting Islamic State militants in Syria as major powers on Tuesday struggled to resolve differences between Moscow and the West over ending the civil war in the Middle Eastern country. After Russian President Vladimir...

Nearly 30,000 people, including more than 250 Americans, have left their countries to join militant Islamists fighting in Syria and Iraq, many with the Islamic State, according to a congressional study of the issue released on Tuesday. The six-month study by Republicans and Democrats on...

(Reporting by Mohamed Al Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Imposing Kurdish language in schools in Hasaka in areas controlled by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) has came to light again, amid fears of families for their children’s future and the rightfulness of the decision. ...