Middle East

Syria’s Assad: Offensive against East Ghouta rebels will continue

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed Sunday that his military's offensive against rebels in the Damascus suburb of east Ghouta will continue, even while U.S. and British leaders accuse him of creating...

17 people killed in Turkish air raids in Syria

BEIRUT/ISTANBUL — Turkish warplanes attacked two positions of pro-Syrian government forces overnight, killing at least 17 people in the northwestern Kurdish enclave of Afrin, the British-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for...

New fighting erupts near Damascus despite UN cease-fire demand

New fighting erupted Sunday near Damascus in spite of the United Nations' demand for a 30-day cease-fire to allow rescue and medical workers to enter the region. The British-based Syrian Observatory for...

Turkish Foreign Minister warns Syria about military intervention

ISTANBUL — With Turkish-led forces stepping up their military operations against the Syrian Kurdish militia, the YPG, in Syria's Kurdish-controlled Afrin enclave, Ankara has reacted cautiously to reports that Damascus is...

Report: Plane crashes in Southern Iran, killing all 66 aboard

An Iranian domestic airliner has crashed into the country's Zagros mountains, killing all 65 people on board, Iran's official news agency IRNA said. Earlier reports said there were 66 people on board. The...

Turkey’s Erdogan issues warning over Eastern Mediterranean energy exploration

ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking a hard line against nations and foreign energy companies exploring for gas in the eastern Mediterranean, warning them not to "step out...

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