German Christian Democratic Union candidate Friedrich Merz has announced a tough programme on refugees and migration on his first day as chancellor – if he wins in February. Merz, 69, will reject all migrants without valid entry documents at the German border and stop asylum seekers from...

A civilian was killed and seven injured in a terror attack in the Manbij district of Syria, which is under the control of the Syrian National Army (SNA), security sources said. A bomb in a vehicle exploded on Aleppo Street in the district. Security measures in the area have been heightened...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov discussed on Thursday developments in Syria over phone, according to Turkish diplomatic sources. The conversation underlined the importance of cleansing Syria of terrorist organizations, the sources said, adding...

Syria’s transitional government on Thursday condemned the killing of a photographer who had been working for state news agency SANA since before last month’s ouster of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad. “The information ministry condemns the assassination of photographer Ibrahim...