Turkey and the United Kingdom plan to sign a free trade deal once Britain leaves the European Union, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday. Yildirim made the comment in a joint news conference with UK Prime Minister Theresa May, who was visiting Ankara after a trip to the...

Several Syrian Islamist factions including al Qaeda's former branch in the country said on Saturday they were joining forces, as clashes between jihadists and more moderate rebels raged on in northwestern areas. An online statement issued by the Islamist factions announced the formation of...

Turkish troops seized an explosive-packed vehicle prepared for an attack on a military convoy in Syria's northern city of Jarabulus last week, the army said Saturday. The bomb-laden car was seized on Jan. 21 and departed from Manbij located on the western banks of the Euphrates River,...

(The Independent)- The World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to cut food rations to 1.4 million people because the world’s richest countries have delayed paying the organisation.  The food rations of 1.4 million Iraqis, displaced in the war against Isis, had to be halved this...