President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday secured parliament's unanimous backing to launch air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, paving the way for imminent Russian military intervention in its closest Middle East ally. Russia has already sent military experts to a...

Arab coalition forces waging a military campaign against Houthi fighters in Yemen seized an Iranian boat loaded with weapons in the Arabian Sea on its way to deliver supplies to the group, the Saudi-led alliance said on Wednesday. The announcement was made a day after tribal...

Atl east 36 civilians on Wednesday have been Killed in first-time Russian air strikes on rebel-held towns of the northern countryside of Homs city, activists and a monitoring group said. Activists reported death of 17 people, including children and women, in Talbiseh town, 11 people,...

A Syrian army defector and prominent rebel commander was killed by two assailants in rebel-held town in northern countryside of Homs, activists said on Tuesday. Col. Ahmed Kheshfah (dubbed: Abu Mulhem) was killed in Talbiseh town by two armed men claimed to be affiliated to the radical Islamic...