Iraqi security forces claim to have struck the convoy of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air raid near the country's border with Syria. 'The Iraqi air force carried out a heroic operation targeting the convoy of the criminal terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,' Iraq's...

A top  commander with  the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah group was killed on Saturday during battles in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, al-Mayadeen TV reported. The report said Hassan Hossain al-Haj ( aka Hajj Maher  and Abu Mohammad al Ikleem ) was killed during...

Eleven would-be migrants from Syria and Africa drowned when a boat bound for Europe capsized off the Egyptian port of Baltim, security and medical officials said Sunday. The coastguard took into custody 15 survivors identified as Syrians, Egyptian and people of other African nationalities after...

The Syrian regime army backed by allied Hezbollah militia have advanced in western Syria after heavy Russian airstrikes in areas around the main highway running through major cities, Reuters said on Sunday. After deadly clashes Bashar al-Assad army military and Lebanese militiamen took control...