The United Nations has called for the extension of a resolution that allows the use of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing for the delivery of humanitarian aid into Syria’s northwest from Türkiye. The long-running aid operation has been in place since 2014 and the most recent six-month...

The Pentagon says U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has spoken with his Turkish counterpart andexpressed strong opposition to Turkish military action in Syria following last month's bomb attack in Istanbul. Turkish authorities say the deadly bombing in Istanbul on November 13th was a...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s asylum agency said Wednesday that the number of people seeking asylum in Europe has hit a six-year high, with Syrian nationals once again seeking international protection more than people from any other country. The agency said that around 98,000...

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of the Islamic State group, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed in battle recently, the group’s spokesman said in audio released Wednesday. He gave no further details. Al-Qurayshi is the second IS leader to be killed this year at a time when the...