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Turkey discovered the a massive gas field in Turkish waters of the Black Sea that would help it meet domestic needs and ...

Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus. The visit Thursday comes days ...

Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Turkey’s top diplomat and its spy chief made a flying visit to Damascus on Thursday night as Ankara seeks to cement its ...

Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

On top of all this, the Syrian people are getting frustrated. Electricity supply is limited to a few hours a day. An influx of cheap Turkish goods is undercutting local manufacturers. Government ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan welcomed an agreement between the Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ...

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...

Syria is the scene of an escalating rivalry between two U.S. allies — Turkey and Israel. Analysts say Israel is becoming ...