A Uyghur refugee, she has spent the past decade hoping her husband would join her and their three sons in Turkey, where they now live.
The family was detained in Thailand in 2014 after fleeing increasing repression in their hometown in China's (...)
A fire has engulfed a hotel in the Turkish ski resort of Bolu, killing 66 people and injuring at least 51 more, officials have said.
The fire broke out at the 12-story Grand Kartal Hotel at 03:27 local time (00:27 GMT) during a busy holiday period (...)
ANKARA — Saudi Arabia and Turkey held the second round of political consultations at the headquarters of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara.
During the tour, the two sides discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in various (...)
RIYADH — The foreign ministers and representatives of Arab and Western countries, who met in Riyadh on Sunday, discussed the steps to support the Syrian people and provide them with all the aid and support in this critical phase of their history. (...)
Ireland has joined South Africa's genocide case against Israel, the International Court of Justice announced Tuesday morning.
In a brief press statement, the ICJ said that Ireland had on Monday joined Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Libya, Bolivia, (...)
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to cut financial support for more than 130,000 Ukrainian refugees as a dispute with Ukraine over Russian gas supplies escalates.
On 1 January, Kyiv shut off a pipeline that for decades was used to (...)
The new Syrian authorities are reported to have given some foreign Islamist fighters senior official posts in the country's armed forces.
The army is being reorganized by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the militant group that is now effectively in (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would not allow Russia to "earn additional billions on our blood" and had given the EU a year to prepare.
The European Commission said the continent's gas system was "resilient and flexible" (...)
An explosion at an ammunition and explosives factory in north-west Turkey has killed at least 12 people and injured four others.
The blast happened at 8:25 local time (5:25 GMT) in the capsule production section, the governor of the city of (...)
As the new Syria struggles to take shape, old threats are re-emerging.
The chaos since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad is "paving the way" for the so-called Islamic State (IS) to make a comeback, according to a leading Kurdish commander who helped (...)
The Pentagon announced the US currently has "approximately 2,000" troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed number of 900, a Defense Department spokesperson said at a press briefing on Thursday.
"There are diplomatic and operational (...)
The leaders of the European Union agreed on Thursday on the key principles they will follow to normalize ties with Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's autocracy, with the caveat that "the jury is still out" on the rebels leading the (...)
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pushed for a tangible and immediate improvement in relations between Turkey and the European Union during a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen that was focused on Syria's transition of power and the fate of (...)
Georgia and Turkey on Tuesday received stinging report cards from European Union ministers over their accession process, while Ukraine and Moldova mostly got gold stars.
In enlargement conclusions released as they were meeting in Brussels, EU (...)
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the British government has had "diplomatic contact" with the Syrian rebel group that toppled the Assad regime.
Lammy said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) remains a proscribed terrorist organization, but the UK (...)
Israeli airstrikes in Syria are the "most violent" since 2012, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
According to the data from the organization that has been monitoring the war in Syria for over a decade, Israel has struck its (...)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Saturday that American officials have been in direct contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that led the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Speaking at a news conference in (...)
AQABA, Jordan — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, took part in the meeting of the Arab Ministerial Contact Committee on Syria on Saturday in Aqaba, Jordan.
The committee, established by an Arab League resolution, includes (...)
Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the family's hometown.
Videos verified by the BBC showed armed men chanting as they walked around the burning mausoleum in Qardaha, (...)
Syrian rebel forces have said they plan to close the notoriously harsh prisons run by ousted president Bashar al-Assad and hunt those involved in the killing or torture of detainees.
Rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed (...)
Rescue workers from the White Helmets say they have ended their search operation for possible detainees in secret cells or basements at Syria's notorious Saydnaya military prison without finding anyone.
Specialized teams assisted by K9 dog units and (...)
Hundreds of Syrian refugees gathered at Turkey's southern border crossings on Monday, preparing to return home following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's government.
At the Cilvegozu and Oncupinar gates, which correspond to Bab al-Hawa and Bab (...)
A number of European countries, including the UK, have suspended the processing of asylum applications for Syrians, after the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad.
Austria's caretaker government has stopped all asylum claims from Syrians and (...)
The Syrian army withdrew from key areas in the southern provinces of Daraa and Sweida on Saturday, leaving two provincial capitals under opposition control, as government forces redeployed to defend the central city of Homs.
The insurgent advances (...)
Syrian rebels say they have taken full control of a second major city, after the military withdrew its troops from Hama in another setback for President Bashar al-Assad.
The leader of the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammed (...)
