The leaders of Germany and France meet on Thursday to try to work out a common position on reforming the euro zone, a sensitive issue that is testing the new government in Berlin just a month after it took office. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who hosts President Emmanuel Macron for the...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday spoke over the phone separately with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to presidential sources. Erdogan discussed the U.S.-led airstrikes against Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria as well as...

The United States on Friday blamed the Syrian government for a deadly chemical weapons attack this month and slammed Russia for failing to stop its ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. As the prospect of U.S.-led military action that could lead to confrontation with Russia hung over...

Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen civilian representatives have established an interim local council in Syria’s Afrin on Thursday to provide local services. According to Anadolu Agency reporters on the ground, the city's elders have voted and formed a temporary local council in the center of...