The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach in an image that shocked the world returned to his hometown Kobane on Friday to bury his family, an AFP photographer reported. Abdullah Kurdi arrived at the Turkish border town of Suruc with the...

 The Turkish parliament approved Thursday a motion to extend the mandate authorizing the Turkish Armed Forces to take military action in Syria and Iraq. The motion extends mandate allowing Turkish army for cross border operations against "terrorist threats" and permitting foreign forces to...

 Jihadists of the Islamic State group have blown up three of the famed tower tombs of Syria's ancient desert city of Palmyra, the country's antiquities chief said Friday. "They blew up three tower tombs, the best preserved and most beautiful," Maamoun Abdelkarim told AFP. News of...

Four people, suspected of human trafficking resulting in the death of 12 people, have been taken into custody Thursday in Turkey’s south-western province of Mugla, security sources said. Sources from the smuggling and organized crime police office said Thursday that four Syrian citizens had...