Two members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in an ambush set by ISIS in central Syria. ISIS ambushed a military convoy in al-Sukhnah area, east of Palmyra city in the eastern Homs countryside, killing IRGC military adviser Hassan Abdullahzadeh and his...

Seventeen asylum seekers were rescued in the Dikili district of western Izmir province after they were pushed into Turkey’s territorial waters by Greek authorities. Turkish units detected the group in a rubber boat off Bademli district that was reportedly pushed back by Greek elements,...

No normalisation without a political settlement is the EU's stance against the Syrian regime, but why are some of its member states still reopening their embassies? The European Union hasn't altered its position on Syria as it rules out any form of normalisation with its regime, saying that...

Facebook plans to end a contentious policy championed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that exempted politicians from certain moderation rules on its site, according to several news reports. The company's rationale for that policy held that the speech of political leaders is inherently newsworthy...