BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s government is giving the United Nations permission for another six months to use a major border crossing with Turkey to bring aid into the country’s rebel-held northwest.

At the Oncupinar border gate, Mustafa Sultan, 29, said he was crossing into Syria to find his older brother who was imprisoned in Damascus under Assad’s rule. “I haven’t seen him for 13 years.

British holidaymakers travelling to Turkey this summer have been issued a crucial update by the Foreign Office. Tourists have ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syria is ramping up efforts to revitalize its port infrastructure and border operations, securing ...

Turkey sent two firefighting aircraft Saturday to help battle wildfires in neighboring Syria as Turkish firefighters battled a blaze on their side of the border and one person was reported dead in ...

Syrian troops encircled a restive northern town on Thursday, an activist said, and more than 1,000 residents fled through a single escape route to Turkey where they camped outside on both sides of ...

BEIRUT March 24 (Reuters) - Syrian troops backed by war planes battled on Monday to dislodge Islamist rebels from a border crossing and northern town in the coastal province of Latakia, heartland of ...

He added that Turkey and Russia achieved great progress regarding the border crossing issue two years ago. "The friendly relations between the two countries contribute to the solution of regional ...