A senior Israeli defense official said President Bashar al-Assad controlled just a fifth of Syria and may end up in charge of a rump state dominated by his minority Alawite sect. Israel and its neighbor Syria are long-term enemies, but the remarks by Amos Gilad, strategic adviser to...

A car bomb claimed by Islamic State exploded in the Yemeni capital Sanaa overnight, medics said, wounding at least 28 people gathered to mourn another attack earlier this month. In a new sign that three months of war in Yemen was ratcheting up, the country's military spokesman said its forces...

  The military spokesman of South Storm battle in Daraa province said a homemade missile has destroyed the military operations room of Syrian forces in the Old City of Daraa, the Syrian Media Commission reported on Monday. The spokesman (Dubbed: Abu Qusai) said fighters of the South Storm...

Three Islamic State group car bombs killed 12 Syrian troops and militiamen in the northeastern city of Hasakeh where the extremists have taken two districts, AFP reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 30 civilians have been killed in the clashes, with an increase in...