Israel said it launched air strikes against air defenses and Iranian targets in Syria Saturday and the Syrian army claimed to have hit an Israeli F-16 that crashed in northern Israel in a major escalation of tension. The Israeli military said the F-16 jet crashed during a mission...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will press Turkey to rein in its military operation in northern Syria during a visit to the NATO ally next week, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. "That's going to be a difficult conversation," the official told reporters in a briefing about...

An official source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday said that Saudi Arabia condemns and strongly denounces the attacks on Eastern Ghouta and the use of chemical weapons by Al Assad regime, which is a flagrant violation of the international laws. The source clarified that...

A US-backed Kurdish-led force in Syria on Friday confirmed capturing British jihadist Alexanda Amon Kotey last month as he attempted to flee from Syria to Turkey. Redur Khalil, a spokesperson and senior official in the Syrian Democratic Forces, said his fighters had captured many wanted...