The EU could soon step up training and equipping Libya's coast guard to crack down on migrant smuggling in the north African nation's waters, according to an EU proposal seen by AFP Saturday. Malta, which holds the current rotating EU presidency, is pitching the idea as a short-term measure...

(Middle East Monitor)- NATO member Denmark will deploy special forces to Syria to fight against Daesh, in an expansion of its role in the US-led operation “Inherent Resolve” against Daesh where it already has ground troops operating in Iraq.”Based on a concrete approach from the coalition,...

An unidentified gunman attacked police in Istanbul Saturday, the private Dogan News Agency reported, a day after unidentified assailants attacked Istanbul's police headquarters and an office of the ruling AK Party with rocket launchers. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, in...

The Syrian regime and rebel fighters will Monday sit down at the negotiating table for the first time in nearly six years of war, the latest diplomatic push to end hostilities. Hosted in the Kazakh capital Astana, the talks will see an opposition delegation composed exclusively of rebel...