Days after a reshuffle of Turkey's top military commanders, President Tayyip Erdogan has revived warnings of military action against Kurdish fighters in Syria that could set back the U.S.-led battle against Islamic State. Kurdish militia are spearheading an assault against the hardline...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Riad Seif, Head of the Syrian opposition's National Coalition, has decided to step down, three months since he was elected to carry out a reform process inside the Western-backed group and once the only legitimate representative of the Syrian people, well-informed sources told...

Jordan's King Abdullah II is to meet Monday with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on his first visit to Ramallah in five years, a Palestinian official said. Mohammed Shtayyeh, a top official in the Fatah party of Abbas, told AFP Saturday that the two leaders would discuss efforts to revive...

Aleppo's Old City, shelled, burned and shot up during years of fighting in Syria's civil war, can be rebuilt, the local representative of the United Nations cultural body UNESCO said. "Our vision is to rebuild the Old City exactly as it was before the war, with the same stones where we can,"...