The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Monday it had encircled the ISIS-controlled town of Tal Abyad, the nearest border town to the militant's de facto capital of Raqqa city, Reuters said. YPG spokesman Redur Xelil said the militia had surrounded the town along the Turkish border, pushing...

(By Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) The Syrian community in Istanbul celebrated on Friday the opening of “Pages”, the first Arabic library in the city which contains wide variety of Arabic, Turkish, English and French books. Samer al-Qadiri, an artist and one of the library’s...

 Number of young men of Syria's Druze minority, who joined regime army to figh rebels south Syria, have quitted conscription saying regime has breached a promise to not get them involved in fight out of Sweida province, their historic stronghold, activists said Sunday. Local activists also...

Talks on ending a deadlock between Greece and its international creditors broke up in failure on Sunday, with European leaders venting their frustration as Athens stumbled closer toward a debt default that threatens its future in the euro. European Union officials blamed the collapse on Athens,...