Thousands of angry Turks poured into the streets on Saturday to join mass anti-government protests, defying Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's call to end the worst civil unrest of his decade-long rule.
Russia has voiced concern about efforts underway by some powers to use allegations of chemical weapons to justify military intervention in Syria.
Syrian army is pressing ahead with a massive mop-up operation in al-Qusayr and its suburbs after government troops retook full control of the strategic border town, al-Alam reports.
US government officials have confirmed that American citizens have joined the ranks of terrorists fighting against Syrian government forces.
Fresh violence has erupted in Turkey as protesters defied a government plea to end days of deadly unrest, the biggest challenge yet to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decade-long rule.
Turkey's government says it has "learnt its lesson" and appealed for an end to mass street protests that have convulsed the country for days in the worst political crisis in a decade.
Turkey must conduct a far-reaching, independent probe on its security forces' treatment of anti-government protesters who have taken to the streets across the country, the UN's human rights office says.
Thousands of Turkish protesters are gathering around the prime minister's office in Ankara at the fourth day of demonstrations against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.
Protests in Turkey continue for the third consecutive day despite security measures and the use of tear gas, sound bombs and water cannons against protesters. Some Turkish parties have called on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign.
The UN refugee agency says the number of Syrian refugees sheltered in neighboring countries including Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq has passed 1.6 million.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has urged the Turkish government's immediate probe into arrest of Syrian rebels with sarin gas.
Turkish security forces found a 2-kg cylinder with sarin gas after searching the homes of terrorists from the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front who were previously detained.
US Senator John McCain has been photographed during a trip to Syria with a man involved in the kidnapping by terrorists of 11 Lebanese pilgrims a year ago, a Lebanese newspaper says.
Syrian troops have destroyed several trucks smuggling crude oil into neighboring Turkey, state media say.
Russia has voiced concerns about United States’s double standards on the crisis in Syria which undermine any efforts for finding a political solution to the violence.
Iran Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani has criticized the Turkish foreign minister’s remarks about Tehran, saying supporting extremists only fuels tension in the region and intensifies the Syria crisis.
Iraqi politicians have asked their government to act on Turkey’s hostile moves against Iraq, referring to Ankara’s hosting of a recent conference on using force to topple the government in Baghdad.
Iran has categorically dismissed allegations of military involvement in the Syrian crisis, describing the claims as a “blame game” launched by enemies of Syria.
Turkey has closed a border gate at its border with Syria following two deadly bomb attacks in Turkey’s southern province of Hatay.
Iraq plans to ask the UN Security Council to block Kurdish separatists from withdrawing to its soil from neighboring Turkey, after a first group of Kurdish militants arrived in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region.