Turkish media say the private detective recently arrested in Istanbul was gathering information for the Israeli Mossad spy agency about Zaher Jabarin, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau.

A Britain-based war monitor says nearly 11,000 people, including over 1,000 women and children, have been killed in Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in December.

At least nine family members, including five children, have been killed and several others wounded, when a Turkish airstrike hit a home in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah.

At least 11 Kurdish PKK militants have been “neutralized” in a cross-border operation in Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says Respect for the Arab nation’s sovereignty is ‘fundamental’ for reconciliation with neighboring Turkey.

Syrian Foreign Ministry says potential rapprochement and restoration of diplomatic relations between Damascus and Ankara depends on Turkey withdrawing its troops from the Arab nation’s territory.

Cairo urged Ankara to pull out troops from northern Syria and respect the neighbor's sovereignty.