Syrian regime planes bomb Kurdish-held city
Syrian government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas of the northeastern city of Hasaka on Thursday for the first time in the five-year-old civil war, the...
ISIS seizes villages north of Aleppo city, Syria
Islamic State militants seized several villages from rival insurgents north of Aleppo city Friday, in a surprise attack that came despite intensive Russian airstrikes...
France mourns dead as jets pound IS group stronghold in Syria
France fell silent at noon Monday to mourn victims of the Paris attacks after its warplanes pounded the Syrian stronghold of Islamic State, the...
Turkey’s Erdogan to go on new Africa trip, attend BRICS summit
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan will make the latest in a string of trips to Africa this week, visiting South Africa and Zambia as...
German airforce runs first refueling mission over Syria
Germany’s military staged its first aerial refueling mission of allied fighter jets targeting Syria’s ISIS group, the armed forces said Wednesday.
The A310 MRTT refueled...
Syrian Observatory says war has killed more than half a million
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said on Monday about 511,000 people had been killed in the Syrian war since...
UK Prime Minister will call Putin to explain Sharm el-Sheikh bomb fears
Prime Minister David Cameron said he would call Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to explain Britain's concern about the "strong possibility" that a...
Yemeni tribesmen's loyalty crucial as Saudi-led forces push for Sanaa
As Gulf Arab troops push through Yemen's central desert into the mountains that lead to the capital held by the Houthis, their Iran-allied foe,...
Families of ISIS fighters to leave South Damascus in UN deal
Hundreds of families of ISIS militants and some injured fighters are expected to leave rebel-held areas of southern Damascus under a UN-brokered deal, a monitoring group...
Two female Turk militants shot dead in Istanbul after attack on police bus
Turkish police shot dead two female militants on Thursday after they fired shots and threw a grenade at a Turkish police bus in Istanbul,...
