Middle Orient

Turkish Armed Forces opened return fire on the Syrian border on July 31, a statement posted on the Turkish Armed Forces website says. According to the report, the fire was opened in response to attacks from the Syrian side on the Turkish border.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held two phone conversations with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault and German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the latest developments in Syria and Egypt.

UN inspectors will go to Syria to investigate three sites where chemical weapons attacks have been reported, the United Nations said Wednesday.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted a key meeting on the Syrian crisis on Tuesday with high-ranking Turkish officials at the prime ministry residence,

Syria’s state media said Monday that Syrian government troops regained full control of the strategic al-Khalidieh

Dozens of houses and offices in the border district of Ceylanpinar, province of Sanliurfa, have repeatedly been hit by shells and

A three-hour-long emergency meeting on recent developments on the Turkey-Syria border was held at Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s office today. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, Chief of General

Two senior UN inspectors tasked with investigating claims that chemical weapons have been used in Syria’s civil war were in Damascus on Wednesday for talks with government officials.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signaled that Turkey could take action as clashes between Kurds and al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front fighters rage just over Turkey’s border with Syria, saying

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov calls for Syrian government and opposition to work together against extremists in the country during a meeting with Syrian Deputy PM Qadri Jamil in Moscow. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov issued a new call on July 22 for the Syrian government and opposition