France's foreign ministry said Monday that the reopening of its embassy in Syria was not on the table, signalling there may be no fundamental change to Paris' approach to the Syrian conflict under new president Emmanuel Macron. Citing a political source close to Macron, pan-Arab daily...

The trial opened Monday of more than 220 suspects, including over two dozen former Turkish generals, accused of being among the ringleaders of the attempted coup last year aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey blames the attempted July 15 putsch on the U.S.-based Muslim...

( The Washington Post )- Despite President Trump’s reluctance to get deeply involved in the Syrian civil war, the United States now finds itself in the middle of an escalating battle in the country’s south that last week led to a clash between the U.S. military and Iranian-backed...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)-  U.S.-led coalition air strikes have killed 15 civilians early Monday in eastern countryside of Raqqa province in support for allied Kurdish militias, local monitoring group said. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said the strikes had targeted the town of Kdairan...