(Zaman Al Wasl-Agencies)- Turkmen forces in Syria shot dead the two pilots of a Russian jet downed by Turkish warplanes near the border with Turkey on Tuesday as they descended with parachutes, a deputy commander of a Turkmen brigade told reporters. "Both of the pilots were retrieved dead. Our...

A U.S.-led coalition targeted Islamic State in Iraq and Syria with 26 air strikes against the militant group on Monday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said. In a statement on Tuesday, the coalition said nine strikes in Syria hit near four cities, destroying several...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Russian helicopter hit in Syrian coastal province of Latakia by rebel group was struck with anti-tank missile, a monitoring group said.  Activists and  the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say rebels have hit the Russian helicopter with the U.S.-made TOW...

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman on Tuesday called the downing of a Russian Su-24 warplane in Syria a "very serious incident", but said it was too early to draw conclusions. "It is just impossible to say something without having full information," Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman, told...

ISTANBUL: Turkish warplanes shot down a jet near the Turkish-Syrian border on Tuesday after it violated Turkish airspace, CNN Turk reported. (Reuters)

(By The Telegraph- Lauren Williams ) It took a knock on the door in the dead of night and a hair-raising journey through territory held by al-Qaeda militants to end 3,000 years of Jewish history in northern...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Monday have made gains against regime troops and their allies from Iran and Hezbollah in southern rural Aleppo, taking two hills and a village, The Revolution Coordination Committees said. Rebel factions led by the Conquest Army, an alliance of Islamist...

The head of the main political Syrian opposition body on Monday urged the extremist Nusra Front armed group to break with Al-Qaeda after a string of international terror attacks. "Over the past month the world has been surprised by several terrorist attacks, in Turkey, Lebanon, France and most...

The use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war is becoming routine, a U.S. official said in The Hague on Monday, calling on members of the global chemical weapons body to collectively condemn their use. "Today, we must raise our voice collectively and emphatically to condemn...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Agencies)- The Syrian regime army and allied Shiite militia, backed by Russian bombardments, took control of two towns in western Syria after heavy battles with ISIS fighters, reports said Monday. Syrian state media reported the military and a local force had taken control of...

French fighter jets took off Monday from the Charles De Gaulle aircraft carrier, newly deployed to the eastern Mediterranean, in an operation against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, military sources said. No information was given as to the nature of the operation.

The United States and its allies conducted additional strikes against ISIS over the weekend, including two in Syria that destroyed nearly 300 ISIS vehicles and an oil facility, the coalition leading the operations said. On Saturday, two strikes near Deir al-Zor and Hassakeh destroyed 283 ISIS...

Russia has killed 403 civilians, among them 97 children, during its air strikes in Syria, according to figures from a monitoring group. The Russian president Vladimir Putin has stepped up his country's air campaign in Syria in recent weeks, targeting anti-government rebels as well Islamist...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Anadolu Agency))- Around 1,700 Syrian Turkmen have arrived in southern Turkey over the last three days, a local governor said Sunday, as they flee regime attacks backed by Russian airstrikes. Hatay province Governor Ercan Topaca said 28 injured civilians from the Bayir Bucak...

A bomb placed on a motorcycle exploded on Sunday in a Kurdish-held Syrian town along the Turkish border, killing at least three people and wounding 20 others, a monitoring group said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a huge blast was heard when the...

Syrian government troops are advancing on "nearly every front" thanks to Russian air strikes that began in September, President Bashar Assad said in an interview with Chinese television released Sunday. The embattled president also said he favored new peace talks to be hosted in Moscow, but...

 The United States and its allies conducted 16 strikes against ISIS in Iraq and nine in Syria Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement. Five of the Iraq strikes hit around Ramadi, destroying weapons, tactical units and fighting positions, the Combined Joint Task...

  Russia feels increasingly under threat from developments in the Middle East and appears to be serious about cooperating with western countries to resolve the war in Syria, Germany's foreign minister said Sunday. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose Social Democrats (SPD) are traditionally...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 children have been killed and dozens wounded Sunday morning in Syrian regime's mortar rounds that hit their school in rebel-held city of Douma, near Damascus, The Revolution Coordination Committees said. The embattled city of Douma, 10 km (7 miles) northeast the...

Paris (AFP) - French jets will be able to launch air strikes on Islamic State targets from an aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean from Monday, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said. "It will be operational from tomorrow," Le Drian told Europe 1 radio on Sunday, nine...