Geography of Syria

A Swedish journalist has been freed from captivity in Syria after a week-long detention by Syrian government forces, local media reported Feb. 22.  

Paris has been reluctant in anti-terrorism cooperation following last week's deadly attacks in France by militants with international links, according to the Turkish authorities.

Agence France-Presse’s Turkish photographer Bülent Kılıç received Time Magazine’s prestigious Best Wire Photographer of 2014 award, with his stunning shots in a busy year full of events in Turkey.

The clashes in the Syrian town of Kobane have led nearly 200,000 people to take shelter in Turkey, according to official data released on Dec. 20. The Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey (AFAD) says that 192,417 people have arrived in Turkey since Sept. 19 when clashes broke out in Kobane. The data also shows that 3,072 cars have entered the country.

Three decades of Kurdish insurgency has cost the lives of 40,000 people, as well as some $400 million, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s senior aide and former minister Binali Yıldırım has said.

There have been extensive allegations lately regarding the relationship between Turkey and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Turkey is one of the biggest source of recruits for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants, the New York Times has reported

Footage showing a jihadist rebel leader fighting in Syria giving a fiery speech to militants while holding a pink notebook has gone viral on social media.