Syria Turkey Violence

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  President Tayyip Erdogan Says Turkey Won't Let Kurds 'Seize' Northern Syria

  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Kurdish groups on Saturday of trying to grab control of northern Syria, saying Ankara would not allow this to happen.

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  European Union Official Sees Aid as a Solution to Keep Migrants in Turkey

  A senior European Union official on Saturday spelt out plans to encourage people fleeing war in Syria to stay in bordering countries rather than join the flow of migrants to Europe.

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  Pope Condemns 'Barbaric Violence' of Islamic State

  Pope Francis said on Friday fighting hunger and poverty, rather than military intervention alone, were key to stopping Islamist militants carrying out "barbaric violence" in Syria and Iraq.

• Poor and desperate, Syrian refugees beg on Yemen's streets

  Fleeing the bloodshed and destruction of civil war in Syria, Yosra Mustafa and 15 members of her extended family crossed into Turkey, but found life there too expensive. They tried their luck with Jordan, but were refused entry. Lebanon came to nothing.

• Syrian Islamist rebel leader freed after clashes among rival rebels

  The local commander of a Syrian rebel group affiliated to al Qaeda was freed on Sunday after being held by Kurdish forces in a power struggle between rival organisations fighting President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.

• Car bombs kill 20 in Turkish town near Syrian border

  Twin car bombs killed at least 20 people near Turkey's border with Syria on Saturday, increasing fears that Syria's civil war was dragging in neighbours and drawing a swift warning from Ankara not to test its resolve.

• Turkey scrambles jets as Syria bombs town

  Syrian government forces bombed rebel positions in the frontier town of Ras al-Ain on Monday, killing at least 12 people according to opposition activists, and prompting Turkey to scramble fighter jets along the border.

• Barack Obama re-election signals new phase in Syria war

  Within hours of President Barack Obama's re-election the deadlocked Syrian conflict moved into a new phase on Wednesday, with Britain's prime minister urging the U.S. to join him in working directly with Syrian rebels and Turkey saying Washington has discussed protecting a safe zone inside Syria with Patriot missiles.

• US backs Turkey, hopes Syria dispute doesn't escalate

  The United States expressed hope on Thursday that Turkey's border clash with Syria does not escalate further, but stood by its NATO ally's right to defend itself against aggression spilling over from Syria's internal armed conflict.

• Turkey renews artillery strikes on Syria

  Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day on Thursday but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.

• Turkey fires at Syria after deadly shelling

  Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets on Wednesday after shelling from Syria struck a border village in Turkey, killing five civilians, sharply escalating tensions between the two neighbors and prompting NATO to convene an emergency meeting.