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Prominent Iran Guards commander killed in desert ambush

Two members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in an ambush set by ISIS in central Syria. ISIS ambushed a military convoy in al-Sukhnah area, east of Palmyra city in the eastern Homs countryside, killing IRGC military adviser Hassan Abdullahzadeh and his...

17 asylum seekers rescued off western Turkey

Seventeen asylum seekers were rescued in the Dikili district of western Izmir province after they were pushed into Turkey’s territorial waters by Greek authorities. Turkish units detected the group in a rubber boat off Bademli district that was reportedly pushed back by Greek elements,...

US envoy: Syrians face 'senseless cruelty' if border is shut

The closure of a final humanitarian border crossing into Syrian could cause “senseless cruelty” to millions of Syrians, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Friday, renewing a call for the U.N. Security Council to extend authorization for the delivery of cross-border humanitarian...