The prospects of Kurds being able to realise their aspirations for statehood have brightened. At the same time, Kurds remain ...

President Donald Trump appears to want Turkey to play a bigger role in the region, despite its poor human rights record toward the Kurds and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s long-standing antipathy ...

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A powerful earthquake rocked Istanbul, a city of 16 million, on Wednesday at 12:49 p.m. (0949 GMT), leaving over 230 injured.

The move, which is intended to allow Syria’s new leaders the chance to rebuild, follows Britain’s earlier easing of sanctions ...

Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said he is open to diplomatic relations with Israel, as he sent a letter to Donald ...

The second of a three-part series looking at the situation in the Autonomous Administration of North-East Syria (AANES), also ...

Numerous videos purporting to show the moment Istanbul was struck by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake are circulating online.

Assad’s regime collapsed, Israel’s military activity in Syria has grown increasingly aggressive. The Israel Defense Forces ...

Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek and Central Bank Governor Fatih Karahan met on Wednesday with U.S. Treasury Secretary ...

There is no duty for any government more fundamental than protecting its people. The Constitution speaks of the “common ...

A CNN anchor in Turkey continued reporting as her live broadcast was interrupted Wednesday by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake, as ...