Saudi plans a military industries holding firm
Saudi Arabia plans to set up a holding company for military industries that would be fully owned by the government at first and listed...
Three killed, 41 wounded in Taliban truck bomb in Afghanistan
KABUL, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents set off a truck bomb on Tuesday in an attack on Afghan army commandos, killing three people...
Israeli air raid targets Hamas camp after shooting incidents
An Israeli air raid early on Monday struck a Hamas training camp in the northern Gaza Strip in response to shots fired at Israeli...
U.S. to send 'fewer than 50' special ops forces to Syria
The United States will deploy "fewer than 50" special operations forces to northern Syria in an advisory role, US officials said Friday, as major...
More aid reaches trapped Syrians; doubts cast on peace talks
A second batch of aid reached a besieged Syrian town and two trapped villages on Thursday and the United Nations accused rival factions of...
Thousands of Syrians flee as Russian-backed offensive threatens Aleppo
Tens of thousands of Syrians fled an intensifying Russian assault around Aleppo on Friday, and aid workers said they feared the city which once...
Syrian army gains ground in intensified Ghouta assault
The Syrian army intensified its onslaught in eastern Ghouta on Saturday with advances that a war monitor and state media said had splintered...
Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen ramp up as allies push north
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen doubled its near-daily airstrikes in the central province of Marib and the adjacent border area of...
IS suspects stand trial for Iran attacks
Twenty-six alleged members of the Islamic State group went on trial in Iran on Saturday over attacks last year on parliament and the tomb...
ISIS shows photo of improvised Russian plane bomb
ISIS has said it smuggled a bomb on board a Russian airliner that crashed last month, after discovering a “way to compromise the security”...
