By Timour Azhari, Phil Stewart, Jonathan Spicer and Suleiman Al-Khalidi DAMASCUS (Reuters) -The United States encouraged its ...

The leader of a Turkish nationalist party has said he was arrested and detained on political grounds as part of an opposition ...

A ceasefire between Syria's Kurds and the government in Damascus ends hostilities and grants first-time rights to the marginalized minority. Does the deal also mean an end of the Kurdish quest for ...

The US' troop deployment in northern Syria has come into renewed focus since President Donald Trump returned to power. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The United States encouraged its Syrian Kurdish allies to reach Monday's landmark deal with the Islamist-led government in ...

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A spate of attacks involving loyalists of former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...

Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...

Kiev’s provocation is largely driven by the stalled negotiations with Washington over resource agreements, as the US has been pressuring Ukraine to accept tighter commitments in the peace process, ...

"The American role was a positive role and in the interest of Syria and the Syrians," an SDF political wing adviser told ...

Israeli fire has killed eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and three more in the occupied West Bank over the past 24 hours, ...