The Trump administration’s rapidly shifting strategy in northern Syria has U.S. commanders there scrambling to protect their forces from an expected surge in actions by military units from Turkey, Russia, Iran and the Syrian government, as well as their proxy forces, according to Defense...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian armed opposition on Thursday have thwarted major attack by regime forces and pro-Iran militias in the eastern countryside of Idlib province, in retaliation to a surprise rebel attack left 22 elite troops dead, military source told Zaman al-Wasl....

Israeli forces arrested a number of Hamas leaders during an overnight raid carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to a Palestinian NGO on Thursday. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that six Hamas leaders were arrested from their houses in the...

Underscoring U.S. lawmakers' continuing unhappiness with Russia, a Senate committee Wednesday advanced legislation seeking to hamper Russian energy pipelines and boosting NATO but delayed voting on a measure nicknamed the "sanctions bill from hell" that would punish Moscow for meddling in the...