At the start of the new year, 115,000 Syrians had already returned home from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. In December, the ...

By forcing the Istanbul mayor out of politics, the government has crossed the line that separates Turkey’s competitive ...

With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the ...

Good morning. Turkey erupts in massive protests as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tightens his grip on power – more on that ...

The arrest of a political rival to Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the final step in his evolution from illiberal democrat to autocrat ...

Without global support, millions of Syrian refugees and displaced persons will see their dream of return ruined, warns Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

U.S.-Turkey relations have faltered since Erdogan ... fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and has provided arms to the Syrian YPG—and the increasingly close relationship between Russia and ...

Ankara, a key ally of Syria’s new authorities since they took power on December 8, has emphasized that ending sanctions is essential to supporting a "comprehensive and peaceful transition" in the ...

Umit Bektas/Reuters Turkey has also emerged in the past few ... with the Islamic State taking over much of northern Iraq. Millions of Syrian refugees fled to neighboring countries and to Europe.

Lebanon considers it ‘imperative’ that the Syrian refugees in the country, at least 1.5 million, be repatriated. The change ...