Turkey has asked its allies for support in a joint ground operation in Syria.
Despite the recently proposed ceasefire drawn up by the world’s major powers, the conflict shows no sign of abating as Russian-backed Syrian government forces step up efforts to encircle the strategic city rebel-held city of Aleppo.
George Clooney had his word about the Syrian migrant crisis and dropped that as an activist-actor, he wanted to make a film centered on this issue.
Airstrikes in northern Syria have killed at least 23 civilians, local residents said.
Shiite Iran is seeking a “new paradigm” in its effort to build better relations with Sunni rival Saudi Arabia- two regional hegemons that are involved in pitched proxy wars in the Middle East.
Catholic Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill met in a brief discussion at the Cuban airport in a first ever historic meeting nearly a thousand years since the Great Schism.
Saudi Arabia announces its commitment to deploy commando troops to Syria in a Gulf-led coalition in a fight against terror groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda affiliates that are also deeply involved in the 5-year multi-sided war.
Top diplomats from the world’s major powers agreed on a midnight Syrian war truce after a tense negotiation in Munich, Germany in an effort to contain the 5-year multi-sided armed conflict that already spiraled out of control.
The meeting marked a thaw in strained relationship between Catholics and Orthodox Christians.
A report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research (SCPR) estimates that nearly half a million people died in the multi-sided armed conflict in Syria.
NATO will be sending ships to monitor the human trafficking issue in the Aegean Sea.
Turkish leaders have lashed out at the United Nations, calling the agency "two-faced" for urging them to open up their boarders for Syrian refugees.
Turkey has opened its border and will be letting refugees enter in a "controlled fashion."
A suicide bomber affiliated with the Islamic State blew up his car in Damascus, Syria, killing 10 people.
At least 27 migrants have died after their boat from Turkey to Greece capsized on Monday, the Turkish coast guard said.
