Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday ordered a special state probe into possible shortcomings over the Ankara bombings which killed 97, saying intelligence indicated the attack had its origins in Syria. Ergodan -- who has come under fire over alleged security lapses -- broke...

(Reporting by Mohamed Al Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) The Democratic Union Party (PYD) has since the beginning of the Syrian revolution denied coordination with the Syrian regime in fighting the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and other opposition factions, then the Islamic State (ISIS). It...

 The Syrian army and allied Iranian and Hezbollah forces are preparing for a ground offensive against insurgents in the Aleppo area backed by Russian air strikes, two senior regional officials familiar with the plans said on Tuesday. The offensive would expand on a ground attack...

Syrian regime air force raided a marketplace in the embattled Eastern Ghouta district near Damascus, killing 14 people and wounding dozens, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said14 civilians were killed in Ein Tarma town east of Damascus when regime warplanes hit the...