Almost nine years of civil war in Syria has left more than 380,000 people dead including over 115,000 civilians, a war monitor said in a new toll Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of sources across the country, said they included around 22,000 children...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 pro-Iran militants killed Friday by landmines planted by Daesh (ISIS) on a desert road links between Homs and Deir Ezzor province, local news site reported. Badyia 24 said the landmine attack took place near the town of al-Sukhnah in the eatsern countryside...

Turkey's decision to approve the deployment of troops to Libya risks plunging the North African nation deeper into a Syrian-style proxy war between regional powers including Russia, experts warn. Libya has been mired in conflict since a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 toppled dictator Moamer...

The United States has designated Asaib Ahl al-Haq as a terrorist organization along with two of the Iraqi Shi'ite militia group's leaders, the U.S. State Department said in a statement Friday, calling it a proxy for Iran. The group and its leaders "are violent proxies of the Islamic...