DUBAI, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A Syrian military statement said an Israeli air strike early on Tuesday that came from the direction of the Golan Heights targeting positions in the outskirts of Damascus caused some material damage, Syrian state news agency (SANA) reported. There was no immediate...

A US military base in northeastern Syria came under missile attack on Monday.  It is not known if there are any casualties in the attack on the base in the town of Al-Shaddad in the Al-Hasakah governate, local sources told Anadolu. The US has made no statement on the incident....

Syrian dissident Riad Turk, who has been compared to Nelson Mandela for spending years in prison for his staunch opposition to the government, died Monday in exile in France, his daughter said. "My father died peacefully and satisfied of what he has accomplished, surrounded by his two...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Three overnight airstrikes on eastern Syria near a strategic border crossing with Iraq killed six Iran-backed militants Saturday, two members of Iraqi militia groups told The Associated Press. The strikes on the border region of Boukamal came hours after an umbrella group of...