KARKAMIS, TURKEY, Bulent Kilic and Stuart Williams in Istanbul- Turkey on Saturday said the military suffered its first fatality in an unprecedented four day campaign inside Syria, blaming Kurdish...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Government forces moved into the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital on Saturday after rebels and civilians were evacuated following a four-year siege by regime forces, a military...

DARAYA, SYRIA, Rim Haddad- Rebels and civilians, many in tears, began evacuating the Syrian town of Daraya on Friday after a four-year army siege, in a blow for the beleaguered opposition. The...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Nina Larson- Washington and Moscow made key steps towards agreeing a new ceasefire in Syria, but a final deal has not been reached, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his...

TUNIS, TUNISIA- Tunisia's parliament on Friday resoundingly approved the unity government of Youssef Chahed, backing a new cabinet line-up which will have to tackle the country's pressing...

KARKAMIS, TURKEY, Bulent Kilic with Stuart Williams in Istanbul- Turkey on Thursday shelled Kurdish militia fighters in Syria on the second day of a major military operation inside the country,...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Eleven children were killed on Thursday in a barrel bomb attack carried out by government forces on a rebel-held neighbourhood of Syria's Aleppo city, a monitor said. "Fifteen...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Geneva late Thursday for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to discuss the situation in war-ravaged Syria. Kerry,...

KARKAMIS, TURKEY, Bulent Kilic with Fulya Ozerkan in Istanbul- Turkish tanks and hundreds of opposition fighters thrust deep inside Syrian territory Wednesday in a lightning operation that within...