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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Monday branded an Islamist-led offensive that has captured swathes of territory a bid to ...

Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have deployed in Syria to back the government’s counteroffensive against a surprise advance by insurgents who seized the largest city of Aleppo. That's according to a mil ...

The Syrian military and its ally Russia conducted deadly joint air raids on areas under Islamist-led rebel control on Monday, ...

The 13-year civil war in Syria has roared back into prominence with a surprise rebel offensive on one of Syria’s largest ...

Hundreds of fighters from Iran-backed Iraqi militias crossed into Syria overnight to help the government fight rebels who ...

The charity said it was "urgently seeking more details" after Israel's military said it targeted a World Central Kitchen ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a security meeting Sunday night to discuss the issue of the hostages, as ...

Oil prices rose on Monday, supported by strong factory activity in China, the world's second-largest oil consumer, and ...

US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Lebanese-American businessman Massad Boulos as his senior advisor on Arab and ...

The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday it launched "several operations" targeting Hezbollah fighters that it claimed posed a ...

Rebel groups have launched the largest offensive in years against government forces, capturing the city of Aleppo.