The Syrian regime army began an intense bombardment of a rebel enclave near Homs Monday, a war monitor said, as Bashar Assad pushed to recapture all the remaining areas his forces have besieged. The attack comes as state television broadcast footage of work to clear roads into...

The Syrian regime army and its allies engaged in a fierce battle on Saturday with Daesh (ISIS) fighters in an enclave south of Damascus held by the jihadist group. Reuters witnesses, a war monitor and state television reported intense fighting including artillery bombardment and small...

(AP) — Thousands of Palestinians, some burning Israeli flags and torching tires, staged a mass protest on Gaza's sealed border with Israel for a third consecutive Friday, as part of a pressure campaign to break a decade-old blockade of their territory. Israeli live fire from across the...

At least 181 people were killed when a military plane carrying soldiers crashed soon after takeoff in a farm field in northern Algeria Wednesday, officials said. The cause of the crash was unclear, and an investigation has been opened, according to a Defense Ministry statement....