Reporting by Orwa al-Sousi (Eqtsad) In the past few days, various media sources and social media sites circulated news about a series of new decisions to organize the process of educating Syrians in Turkey concerned with the temporary education centers overseen by the Turkish Ministry of...

(BBC)- Nearly 18,000 people died in government custody in Syria in 2011-15, an Amnesty International report says, alleging beatings and rape in prisons. Amnesty says its document includes interviews with 65 "torture survivors", who have described appalling abuse in jails and detention centres....

Turkish police have detained at least 24 people working for a pro-Kurdish newspaper since it was banned this week on suspicion of supporting Kurdish militants, the newspaper said. The detentions bring the number of imprisoned Turkish media workers to 99, based on figures from the European...

Russia used an Iranian air base to launch airstrikes in Syria for a second day running Wednesday, rejecting U.S. suggestions its co-operation with Tehran might violate a U.N. resolution. Russia's Defense Ministry said that SU-34 fighter bombers flying from Iran's Hamadan air base had struck...