Two ministers from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) resigned from the interim government on Tuesday in a sign of rising tensions with the ruling AK Party after the collapse of a truce between Kurdish fighters and the military. President Tayyip Erdogan has stepped up...

When an explosion killed almost all of its leaders in a single blow last year, many thought it was the end for Ahrar al-Sham, a powerful Syrian insurgent group founded by members loyal to al Qaeda. But the group immediately re-emerged stronger. It replaced its leader and chose new...

(By Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed Syrian people trying to cross the sea to Europe have started taking cautions to protect them during their deadly trip in sea to from Turkey to Europe.  In Aksaray area in Istanbul, Zaman al-Wasl met Mustafa, a young man from...

 Russia has started flying surveillance missions with drone aircraft in Syria, two U.S. officials said Monday, in what appeared to be Moscow's first military air operations in Syria since staging a rapid buildup at an airfield there. The U.S. officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of...