China envoy calls for calm and restraint between Saudi and Iran
A Chinese envoy who visited Saudi Arabia and Iran over the past week has called for both countries to exercise calm and restraint amid...
Turkey 'categorically against' Kurdish PYD joining Syria talks
Turkey on Tuesday said it strongly opposed the Syrian Kurdish group Democratic Union Party (PYD) taking part in UN-backed talks planned for later this...
Damascus rules out talks on presidential vote
The Syrian government on Saturday ruled out any discussion of presidential elections at peace talks due to start next week, drawing accusations from the...
Turkey unsettled by "anti-Islamic" messages in U.S. presidency race
Turkey is unsettled by "anti-Islamic" messages in the U.S. presidential race, in which the Republican front runner called for a ban on foreign Muslims,...
Turkey charges 10 suspects over Istanbul attack
A Turkish court on Sunday charged ten people over the suicide bombing in the heart of Istanbul’s tourist district that killed 10 Germans, Turkish...
United States to press Russia on Syria's Assad
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to press President Vladimir Putin on how Russia sees a future political transition in Syria and...
Turkish helicopter shot down by Kurdish militia in Syria’s Afrin
A Turkish army helicopter was shot down by Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters near the north Syrian town of Afrin, President Tayyip Erdogan said on...
Russia continues using drones over Syria
Russia's military said Saturday it is continuing to use drones over Syria despite suspicions that one of its drones was downed by Turkey.
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Lebanon finance minister says parliament to meet after agenda agreed
Lebanon's Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil said on Thursday a meeting of parliament would go ahead next week after lawmakers agreed on an agenda...
Saudi Arabia says sending special forces to Syria under discussion
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states are discussing sending special forces to Syria as part of U.S.-led efforts to fight Islamic State, Foreign...
