Three U.S. government defense contractors caught in a blast at a Bulgarian military range were testing arms for use in a U.S.-led mission to equip Syrian opposition fighters battling Islamic State, a U.S. military source said on Tuesday. One American contractor was killed and two more were...

Syrian regime forces and allied militias have burned hundreds of acres planted with grains and olives in al-Houleh region in Homs province, activists told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday. For the third year, Bashar al-Assad's forces have been targeting wheat and olive corps in harvesting season, in step...

(The Daily Star)- ISIS militants attacked four Hezbollah posts on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Ras Baalbek Tuesday in a failed bid to capture two hills, sparking intense clashes that left at least 22 people dead, a security source said. A separate security source told The...

  Commander of Jaish al-Islam's Chiefs said fighters of the key rebel group in Syria will open all battlefronts against regime army and allied militias, according to to his official Twitter account, hour after the strategic gains in Daraa and eastern Qalamoun. Islam Army announced on...