President Erdogan approved a bill clearing the way for a referendum on constitutional changes that opponents charge could lead to "one-man rule" in Turkey.
An Amnesty International report exposes the "cold-blooded killing of thousands of defenseless prisoners" in a Syrian regime detention center.
President Trump's first commando raid left dead the US-born 8-year-old daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki, the late leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Will Trump's proposed "safe zones" become areas where hapless Syrians can be detained as the US, Russia and Assad regime alike bomb the hell out of the rest of the country?
The Pentagon denied Moscow's claims of joint US-Russian air-strikes against ISIS, but the White House signalled its willingness to cooperate with Russia in Syria.
Saudi Arabia's specialized anti-terrorist court handed down a seven-year term for a Twitter post deemed insulting to the ruling al-Saud family.
The Turkish Parliament approved a plan which, if approved by popular vote, would increase presidential powers and allow Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to stay in office until 2029.
Russia signed a long-term pact to greatly enlarge its military presence in Syria, more than doubling the space for warships at Tartus, Russia's only Mediterranean port.
Despite misleading media accounts, Moscow has only withdrawn its aircraft carier from Syria's coast, and is in fact beefing up forces at its bases within the country.
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for Figen Yüksekdağ, co-chair of the Kurdish-led Peoples' Democratic Party, on charges of "terrorism" for her alleged ties to PKK.
Now abandoned by all the Great Powers, Syria's popular resistance is again emphasizing internal unity against the Assad dictatorship, bridging Arab and Kurdish forces.
Bill Weinberg calls out Ben Swann of the ironically named "Reality Check" vlog for spewing lies and propaganda on behalf of the genocidal dictatorship of Bashar Assad.
