(The Guardian)- They tried the shores of Libya, the islands of Greece, and the plains of the Balkans. Now it has emerged that Syrians fleeing civil war have found another route to the safety of Europe: the Arctic Circle. Dozens of Syrians have trekked to the far north of Russia this year in an...

Turkey marked the anniversary of the decisive battle in the War of Independence on Sunday. Victory Day, which commemorates the Battle of Dumlupinar in 1922 against Greek forces, saw President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, senior officials and high-ranking military staff lay a wreath at Anitkabir,...

 A child and a police officer were killed in two separate attacks in Diyarbakir province in southeast Turkey Sunday following the breakdown of a cease-fire between the government and Kurdish militants, security sources said. Fighting between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)...

A suicide bomber riding a motorbike on Sunday blew up himself in Nusra Front's base in northern province of Idlib, killing 4 people and wounding 13 others. Activists told Zaman al-Wasl that the bomber had targeted 'Justic House' of al-Qaeda's Syria wing in Salqin town. one Nusra fighter was...