BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the truck attack that killed 84 people in Nice on France's national holiday, the jihadist organisation said Saturday in its...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Sara Hussein with Dave Clark in Paris- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday he has never faced pressure from Russia to step aside, as US Secretary of State John Kerry...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY- Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has warned there can be no solution to the Syrian conflict or the threat from jihadists while President Bashar al-Assad remains in charge. In...

BERLIN, GERMANY, Frank Zeller- Europe's media reacted with incredulity, sarcasm and sometimes dismay Thursday to the news that top Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson is Britain's new foreign secretary....

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Stuart Williams- Hundreds of thousands of civilians in rebel-held areas of Aleppo risk starvation, the head of Syria's main opposition coalition said Tuesday, accusing Damascus of...

KHARTOUM, SUDAN- The United Nations Tuesday launched a global appeal for $952 million to fund Sudan's humanitarian needs in 2016, most of it to help people affected by the deadly conflict in Darfur....

BEIRUT, LEBANON- France on Tuesday rejected as "unfair" Moscow's criticism of the UN envoy on Syria, calling for a ceasefire and lifting the Aleppo siege to allow the peace process to resume. On...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended his plan to give Syrian refugees Turkish citizenship, arguing there was ample space in the country after a backlash against the...

ALEPPO, SYRIA, Karam al-Masri- Opposition fighters launched a major assault on government-held districts of Syria's long-divided Aleppo on Monday, after the regime severed their only remaining supply...