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Turkey has conveyed its views regarding Israel's air strikes on Syria to Israeli authorities via its intelligence agency, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday, adding Ankara was also in ...

The PKK disarmament ceremony also could mark a new era for the Kurds, one of the largest stateless groups in the world with over 30 million people living across Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. The PKK ...

Syria has shut the Kassab border crossing with Turkey as massive wildfires edge dangerously close to the Turkish province of ...

Up to 400,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon may be set to return home under a UN-backed plan providing financial incentives, ...

A new wildfire in Greece prompted evacuations in coastal areas south of Athens, as firefighters in neighboring Turkey ...

After Syria’s Civil War, Refugee Chefs Must Decide Where to Make Their Home For 13 years, displaced Syrians have filled Istanbul with kebabs, shawarma, and falafel. But after the fall of the ...

Any attempt by Turkey to help Syria establish new air defenses would likely encounter many of the same obstacles Russia and Iran did over the past decade.

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Sinem Adar. Together, they discuss Turkey's evolving interests in Syria. Then, Jon continues the conversation with Martin Pimentel and Will Todman to ...

As Ankara and Washington disagree over the future of Syrian Kurds, Israel warns of war with Turkey Kurdish mayors detained amid negotiations with Öcalan ...

Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are threatening sanctions against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan unless Ankara forces Syrian opposition fighters into a ...