. (Reporting by Mohamed Al Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) The Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) operating in northern Syria has dissolved one of its factions, mostly Arabs who support ruling Baath party, where the battalion commander has been tortured in public over rape issue....

Two policeman were killed and three others injured in predominantly Kurdish eastern Turkey's largest city when Kurdish militants clashed with security forces early on Sunday, government sources said. Gunfire and explosions echoed across the center of Diyarbakir on Sunday morning...

Britain moved closer to military action in Syria as a senior minister on Saturday said Europe's migration crisis had to be tackled at its source and a newspaper said a parliamentary vote on bombing Islamic State militants in Syria could take place next month. Finance minister...

Secretary of State John Kerry expressed U.S. concern over reports of Russia's enhanced military build-up in Syria in a telephone call on Saturday with his Russian counterpart, the State Department said. "The secretary made clear that if such reports were accurate, these actions...