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The growing refugee crisis on the Greece-Turkey border

01:09 Thousands of migrants have been gathering in Edirne, a Turkish city that borders Greece, creating a refugee crisis. It began after Turkey said it would allow migrants to cross it

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Syria, Russia presidents discuss cease-fire in Idlib

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday talked over the phone about a cease-fire in Syria's northwestern province of Idli

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Clashes along Turkish-Greek border as refugees try to cross

02:33 Clashes intensified at the Turkish - Greek border on Wednesday where thousands of refugees are hopeful of reaching European land after Turkey opened its border for those who want

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Putin, Erdogan agree Idlib ceasefire deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday agreed to implement a ceasefire in in Idlib, Syria, which has lately been

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Greek troops fire tear gas at migrants gathering again at Turkish border

Greek riot police and troops fired tear gas early on Wednesday at hundreds of migrants as they made another attempt to cross the border from Turkey into Greece.The air

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Syrian military plane down by Turkish forces -- military source

Turkish forces shot down a Syrian military plane by air-to-air missile and the plane fell near the city of Maarat al-Numan in the northwestern province of Idlib, accor

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Turkey's Erdogan to visit Russia on Thursday amid Syria tensions

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their joint news conference in Sochi, Russia, October 22, 2019. /Reuters Turkish President

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Russian news agency staff attacked, detained in Turkey

Russia's Foreign Ministry is protesting attacks on three journalists of the country's Sputnik news agency in Turkey and their subsequent detention.Government-owned Sput

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Turkey shoots down 2 Syrian warplanes in Idlib

Two Syrian warplanes were shot down on Sunday by Turkish forces in the northwestern province of Idlib in Syria, state news agency SANA reported. The two pilots escaped

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Iran's president proposes trilateral Tehran summit over Syria

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that Iran is ready to host a meeting with the participation of the president's of Iran, Turkey and Russia over the ongoin

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Turkish drones kill 11 Syrian soldiers in Syria's Idlib

At least 11 Syrian soldiers were killed on Friday by strikes from Turkish drones in the northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported. The drone strike targeted the Syrian positions in the

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Putin, Erdogan agree to mull meeting on Idlib in near future: Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, agreed Friday to examine a possibility of meeting each other in the near future to

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Syrian army shoots down Turkish drone in Idlib

The Syrian army shot down a Turkish drone in the northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday, state news agency SANA reported. The army gunned down the drone in the town of Dadikh in the southeastern

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Turkey closes borders with Iran over coronavirus concerns

Turkey on Sunday temporarily closed all its land border crossings with Iran over the COVID-19 cases in the neighboring country, a Turkish minister said. "All transitio

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Turkey, Russia reaffirm commitment to all agreements on Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin reaffirmed their countries' commitment to previous agreements on Syria during a phone

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Erdogan, Macron, Merkel hold phone conversation on Syria, Libya

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday discussed the Syrian issue and the crisis in Libya with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela

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Russia supports Syria's fight against terrorism: Kremlin

The Russian military continues to support the Syrian government forces in their fight against terrorists in the country, the Kremlin said Monday. "We still regret that