BEIRUT (AP)- Rebels attacked the Syrian defence minister's village on Friday, capturing parts of it after killing at least 18 soldiers and pro-government gunmen, activists said. The assault began with a suicide bombing against an army checkpoint in government-controlled Rahjan,...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The video on his phone shows the boy firing a heavy machine gun mounted on a tripod through a hole in a crumbling building, his slender body shaking from the kickback. “We were kind of nervous, not because we are cowards, because it was our first fight...

(Reporting by Ma’moon Abu Mohamed; Translation by Dani Murad) In a war that grew out of pro-democracy protests in the summer of 2011, Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad have used sieges as a war tactic to root out rebel forces from residential areas,...

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - At least 78 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel's Gaza offensive, Palestinian officials said on Thursday as militants in the enclave kept up rocket attacks on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities. As Israeli officials...