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Syrian Internet largely restored after blackout
Internet and telephone service were restored across much of Syria on Saturday following a two-day, nationwide communications blackout that came during ...
Turkey: Syrian regime resembles armed militia
The Syrian regime has degenerated into an "armed militia" that resorts to brutality in an attempt to stay in power, Turkey's foreign minister said ...
Lebanese fighters reported killed inside Syria
Syrian security forces killed as many as 20 Lebanese gunmen who were fighting alongside rebels in Syria on Friday, raising tensions amid mounting ...
Shoe-throwing Syrian Kurd freed from Spanish jail
A Syrian Kurd who threw a shoe at Turkey's prime minister in Spain has been released from prison a few months early. Hokman Joma tried to hit Recep ...
NATO: Patriot deployment to take weeks not months
NATO will deploy Patriot missiles to Turkey's border with Syria "within several weeks" after the move is approved, officials said Friday. A team ...
Court fines Cyprus over 'missing' dead soldier
Andriani Palma says she feels cheated for every one of the 22 years she wasn't told her husband was killed during fighting in the summer of 1974 that ...
Twin car bombs near Damascus kill 34
Two suicide bombers detonated their explosives packed vehicles near a cluster of commercial buildings in a suburb of Damascus Wednesday, killing at ...
Putin set to visit Turkey after break in travel
The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin will visit Turkey next week, a trip that follows an unusual break in the Russian president's travel that has fueled ...
NATO visits southeast Turkey for Patriot missiles
A NATO team assessing possible sites for Patriot missiles to protect Turkey's border with Syria inspected military installations Wednesday in ...
Turkey's Erdogan considers Gaza visit
Turkey's prime minister says he may visit the Gaza Strip alongside Hamas' supreme leader, Khaled Mashaal. Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a group of Turkish ...
10 people on trial for hacking Turkish websites
Turkey's state-run TRT television says 10 people have gone on trial, accused of "terrorism" for hacking Turkish government and police websites.
Turkey: NATO to survey sites for Patriot missiles
Turkey's military says a delegation of Turkish and NATO officials will start surveying sites for the possible deployment of Patriot missiles on ...
Iran criticizes Turkish request for Patriots
Iran lashed out Friday at Turkey for requesting that NATO supply it with Patriot surface-to-air missiles to deploy along the border with Syria, ...
Football leaders of divided Cyprus resume talks
Football leaders from the divided north and south of Cyprus have held their first formal meetings in more than four years. Officials from the ...
Syrian rebels strengthen hold in country's east
Syrian rebels strengthened their hold Thursday on an oil-rich province bordering Iraq, activists said, capturing a key military base that was ...
Deployment of Patriots to Turkey could take weeks
Even if NATO quickly approves Turkey's request for the deployment of Patriot missiles on its border with Syria, winning parliamentary approval, ...
Spain speeding up naturalization for Sephardi Jews
Spain has announced measures to speed up the naturalization of Jews of Sephardic descent whose ancestors fled the Iberian peninsula more than five ...