Palestinian killed trying to stab Israeli policeman; Palestinians suggest foul play
Two Palestinians allegedly tried to stab Israeli police at a West Bank checkpoint on Friday, one of whom was shot dead while the other...
40 killed as Syria government rockets hit Damascus suburb
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Forty people were killed on Friday when rockets fired by Syrian government forces crashed into a market in a rebel-held area outside Damascus, a...
U.S. Official says Putin is 'winging it' with Syria strategy
Russian President Vladimir Putin is "winging" it in Syria, US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says, in damning remarks of the Kremlin strongman's...
Beheaded bodies of anti-ISIS activist and friend found in Turkey
The beheaded bodies of a Syrian activist opposed to the Islamic State group and his friend were found early Friday in the southern Turkish...
German ISIS rapper killed in airstrike in Syria
A German rapper who joined the Islamic State group and publicly threatened President Barack Obama was killed in a US air strike in Syria,...
Syria opposition and rebels dismiss Iran's idea for transition
Any peace plan for Syria allowing President Bashar al-Assad to stand in early elections after a transition period would be "mad" because he is...
Vienna update: Saudi and Russia exchanged lists of Syrian opposition groups who should be...
Russia's deputy foreign minister says Russia and Saudi Arabia have exchanged lists of Syrian opposition groups who should be involved in political talks over...
Syria peace talks under way with 17 countries, including Saudi Arabia and Iran
Bilateral talks on a political solution to the civil war in Syria got under way Friday, with 17 countries plus the United Nations and European...
Russia wants Syrian opposition to prepare for talks with Assad government
The Kremlin wants the Syrian opposition to agree a common approach and make-up of a delegation for talks with the Syrian government, Mikhail Bogdanov,...
Saudi national released from Guantanamo Bay
Shaker Aamer, the last British resident to be held at the U.S. prison camp in the Guantanamo Bay navy station in Cuba, has been...
