US President Donald Trump said he plans to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and discuss ending the war in Ukraine, after positive talks between US and Russian officials in Moscow. “I’ll be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday. A lot of work’s been done over the...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during a phone call with his US counterpart Donald Trump on Sunday, stressed the importance of joint cooperation between Turkey and the United States to lift sanctions imposed on Syria, with the aim of restoring stability and empowering the new Syrian...

Iraqi security forces have seized more than a tonne of captagon tablets smuggled from Syria via Turkey, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Ministry spokesman General Moqdad Miri said the Narcotics Directorate “seized a truck from Syria, bound for Iraq, via Turkey, transporting 1.1...

In light of the escalating bloody violence on the Syrian coast and the assassination of prominent figures, urgent questions are emerging: Who truly benefits from fueling strife in Syria? Are they internal forces seeking to consolidate their influence, or are external parties reshuffling their...