The UN-Arab League envoy to Syria is to arrive in Damascus on Monday as part of a tour aimed at garnering support for proposed peace talks, a government source said.

A series of attacks including car bombings in Baghdad, an explosion at a market and a suicide assault in a northern city killed at least 66 people Sunday across Iraq, officials said, the latest in a wave of violence washing over the country. The attacks come as Iraq’s prime minister …

A mortar bomb exploded today in the Ceylanpınar district of the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, killing at least one person, according to initial reports. The bomb was fired during clashes on the Syrian side of the

Bulgaria stands behind Turkey’s bid to become a full member of the European Union, stated Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kristian Vigenin. Sunday Vigenin is on an official trip to Turkey, where he met Turkish

Bulgaria and Turkey have vowed to deepen bilateral cooperation regarding the influx of refugees from Syria, vowed the foreign ministers of the two neighbors.

The European Union Electoral Observer Mission for Mali (MOE EU Mali-2013) will on Oct. 28 deploy 20 long-term observers for the legislative polls to be held in the West African country. MOE EU Mali-2013 observers arrived in the Malian capital Bamako on Oct. 24 in preparation for the most

Fierce fighting is raging between Syrian regime troops and oppositions forces on southern outskirts of the town of Al-Qunaitrah in the Golan Heights, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Iraq next month. According to the TV channel, the Foreign Minister himself said this during a meeting with Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari.

The imprisoned leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has said he could convince the PKK militants who are currently taking shelter in mountain bases in northern Iraq to return home as part of the settlement process aimed at ending the three-decades-old Kurdish question and terrorism problem.

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam on Friday called on relevant authorities to take all necessary measures to halt the ongoing violence and fighting in the northern city of Tripoli. Salam, in a press release, urged for firm action to put an end “to the drastic deterioration