At least six children drowned on Friday in two separate incidents when their boats sank off Turkey while trying to make the risky crossing to Greece, state media reported. A first boat loaded with 55 Syrian and Afghan migrants sank in strong winds and high waves in the Aegean after...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Western-backed Syrian opposition group, the National Coalition, has formed  a new supreme military council that includes representatives of rebel groups fighting Bashar al-Assad in the war-torn country, according to statement issued Friday. The announcement of the...

Turkey will work with Russia and its allies to calm tensions after a Russian jet was downed near the Syrian border, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in an opinion piece published by Britain's Times newspaper. Davutoglu also said that discussions were taking place in...

Syrian Kurds need political and military representation at a Syrian opposition conference organized by Saudi Arabia next month because they are a main partner fighting Islamic State and important to Syria's future, a Syrian Kurdish leader said. Saudi Arabia says it is in...