ISIS’ spokesman confirmed Tuesday the killing of the militant organization’s second in command in a U.S. airstrike earlier this year. “America is rejoicing over the killing of Abu Mutaz al-Qurashi and considers this a great victory,” Abu Mohammad al-Adnani said in an audio recording...

 The Syrian army and allied Iranian and Hezbollah forces are preparing for a ground offensive against insurgents in the Aleppo area backed by Russian air strikes, two senior regional officials familiar with the plans said on Tuesday. The offensive would expand on a ground attack...

Syrian regime air force raided a marketplace in the embattled Eastern Ghouta district near Damascus, killing 14 people and wounding dozens, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said14 civilians were killed in Ein Tarma town east of Damascus when regime warplanes hit the...

Insurgents in Syria are deploying more men and weapons, including significant quantities of anti-tank missiles, to resist ground attacks by the Syrian army and its allies, backed by Russian air strikes, rebels and a monitoring group said on Tuesday. With help from Lebanon's...