The Syrian Civil Defense rescue organization says 10 people have been killed by government airstrikes and shelling on a town in the suburbs of Damascus. The group, also known as the White Helmets, says government forces targeted Kafr Batna early Wednesday with air strikes, artillery...

An Egyptian court put former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh on a terrorism list Tuesday, state news agency MENA reported, following his arrest for alleged contacts with the banned Muslim Brotherhood. Abol Fotouh, a former Islamist who leads the Strong Egypt party, was...

 A group of Turks who reached a Greek island by dinghy from Turkey are seeking political asylum in Greece, authorities in Athens said Tuesday. The 17 were reportedly Turkish civil servants and their families who fled a government crackdown in the wake of a failed 2016 coup....

At least 106 civilians were killed Tuesday in relentless bombardment on besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs, a monitor said, the second straight day the death toll topped 100 civilians. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than a dozen children were among the dead....