(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Free Syrian Army unit on Friday seized control of al-Tanf border crossing between Syria and Iraq from the Islamic State that was in its control since May 2015, media activists said. The Battalions of Martyr Ahmed al Abdo said it had taken the crossing, about 150 miles...

Germany and Italy's interior ministers have written to the European Commission calling for an EU-wide system to register migrants and a harmonization of selection procedures and rights for asylum seekers, a German newspaper reported. In the letter seen by Sueddeutsche Zeitung,...

  (BBC)- The Russian air force has been accused of indiscriminate bombing. The human rights group Amnesty International says it has "compelling evidence" that Russian and Syrian government forces had "deliberately and systematically targeted hospitals and other medical...

  The Syrian opposition said on Friday the government was mobilizing forces on many fronts despite an agreement to cease hostilities, and cast doubt on whether peace talks planned for next week would take place. As rockets fired by government forces were reported to hit near...