Russia launched air strikes in Syria on Wednesday in its biggest Middle East intervention in decades, plunging the four-year-old civil war into a volatile new phase as President Vladimir Putin moved forcefully to stake out influence in the unstable region. Moscow's assertion...

Russia said it launched air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin secured his parliament's unanimous backing to intervene to prop up the Kremlin's closest Middle East ally. Moscow gave Washington just an hour's notice of the strikes,...

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,...

Clashes between Islamic State and regime army have renewed Tuesday near the T-4 military air base east of Homs city, activists said as air forces extend aerial campaign on the northern countryside. ISIS has tightened the noose on regime air bases in the eastern countryside of Homs and...