The Syrian Defense Ministry announced Friday that a ceasefire would begin at 3 am local time in the Ashrafieh Sheikh Maqsoud and Bani Zeid neighborhoods in the northern city of Aleppo, after establishing control in the districts.

Turkish Airlines has cancelled its five Friday flights to the Iranian capital Tehran, which has been rocked by protests against the rising cost of living, according to the Istanbul Airport app.

Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli attacks in the Palestinian territory on Thursday killed at least 13 people, including five children, despite a ceasefire that has largely halted the fighting.

Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine's capital, setting apartment blocks alight and killing at least four people, Kiev's mayor said Friday after Moscow rejected the latest post-war peacekeeping plan.

Authorities in Istanbul launched a large-scale recovery effort on Jan. 9 after a lethal storm battered the Marmara and the Aegean regions, inflicting severe damage on the city’s vital infrastructure and ancient monuments while killing three people ...