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Syria's interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase. The country' ...

The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the ...

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But there are those trying to help rescue the children and return them to their homeland, including hacker groups using Ukraine’s technological expertise to do it. The Independent has spoken to ...

PKK militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey have declared a ceasefire, two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm. The statement from the Kurdistan ...

We declare a ceasefire effective as of today,” the PKK Executive Committee said in a statement published by the Firat News Agency, a media outlet close to the group. The Executive Committee ...