ARSAL, Lebanon: From a sandbagged army post near the border with Syria, Lebanese soldiers gaze through tripod-mounted binoculars into hills where jihadist militants ...
ARSAL, Lebanon: From a sandbagged army post near the border with Syria, Lebanese soldiers gaze through tripod-mounted binoculars into hills where jihadist militants ...
Moscow: Russia one year ago carried out its first air strikes in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces, in a major turning...
WASHINGTON: The United States threatened on Wednesday to halt its joint work with Russia on Syria unless Russia moved to end the assault...
Manbij, Syria: Children rushed out into the schoolyard for break time on the first day of classes in the Syrian town of Manbij,...
BEIRUT: Air strikes hit a hospital in rebel-held eastern Aleppo in the early hours of Wednesday, putting it out of service, medical workers...
Ramat Gan, Israel: Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died on Wednesday, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke,...
BAGHDAD: At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured in two suicide bombings Tuesday in predominantly Shia districts in the Iraqi capital...
ISTANBUL: The Doha-based International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has called for a global “day of anger” on Friday in support of the...
TEHRAN, Iran: A Canadian-Iranian retired professor was released from prison on "humanitarian grounds" and flown out of Iran on Monday, state media reported,...
Amman: Protesters called on Monday for Jordan's government to resign over its failure to prevent the murder of Christian writer Nahed Hattar outside...
TRIPOLI: Libya’s Supreme State Council on Monday called for the appointment of new officials to top positions in the country’s UN-backed unity government. ...
BAGHDAD: At least six people were killed -- including an army officer -- in separate acts of violence throughout Iraqi capital Baghdad on...
BEIRUT: Dozens of air strikes hit rebel-held areas of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo overnight, a monitor and defence worker said, continuing...
DUBAI: Iran's supreme leader has told former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not to stand again in next year's elections, state media reported on...
Istanbul: Two members of the Turkish security forces were killed and eight others wounded on Monday in a roadside bombing by Kurdish militants...
CAIRO: The Arab League and Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday condemned civilian bloodshed in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. In...
ARIS: French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Sunday Russia and Iran would become accomplices in war crimes if they continued to prolong...
HAMA, Syria: Syrian opposition forces on Saturday wrested control of Maan village in northern Syria’s Hama province, according to a local source. The...
