Syrian refugees who have made it to Germany may be sent on to other European countries, the German Interior Ministry said on Tuesday, an apparent reversal of an earlier policy that suggested all asylum seekers from Syria would be allowed to stay. In August, Germany decided to...

At least 23 people were killed and 40 wounded in two explosions in the Syrian city of Latakia on Tuesday, a monitoring group said, in one of the bloodiest attacks on President Bashar al-Assad's coastal stronghold. The blasts hit two separate areas of the city, one from rocket fire and...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken with U.S. President Barack Obama over the phone, which included talks over the ongoing Syrian stalemate, Turkey's presidential press office said Tuesday. Erdogan and Obama discussed the importance of making joint efforts to empower the moderate...

Tripoli (AFP) - When young Moroccan Rachid paid $1,500 to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, he never thought he would end up instead in a Libyan detention centre. Just before the 25-year-old was set to leave Libya, local authorities carried out a raid in Garabulli, about 60...