WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Obama administration officials on Wednesday said the longstanding issue of a no-fly zone in war-torn Syria has been discussed but no decision made. Washington's NATO ally...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Stuart Williams and Sara Hussein in Beirut- NATO's secretary general on Tuesday accused Russia of deliberately violating Turkish air space in its bombing campaign in Syria, as...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA- Russian jets struck 10 Islamic State targets in Syria Monday, the defence ministry said, as Moscow ramped up its aerial campaign with bombardments that for the first time targeted the...

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Danny Kemp- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and top EU officials discussed a plan to tackle the spiralling migrant crisis during talks in Brussels Monday, including a "safe...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon urged Iran on Monday to pressure its ally Syria to reach a peaceful resolution of the brutal civil war there. During a meeting with...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA, Rim Haddad with Anna Smolchenko in Moscow- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned the success of Russia's military intervention in his war-torn country was vital for the entire...

MADRID, SPAIN, Thomas Watkins- US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in Madrid on Sunday, beginning a European tour amid alarm over Russian bombardments in Syria and the refugee crisis sparked...

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES- Emiratis went to polls on Saturday to fill the elected seats on a government advisory body but despite a broadening of the franchise some citizens were still denied the...

TUNIS, TUNISIA- Tunisia's prime minister said on Saturday that his country is joining the US-led military coalition fighting the Islamist State group in Syria and Iraq mainly to "exchange...