Russia said on Saturday it had stepped up its bombing campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria, while local observers said several of the air strikes had hit areas in western Syria where the hardline group has little presence. Russia, a top ally of President Bashar...

Syrian rebels on Saturday have seized a hill in Quneitra province near the Occupied Golan Heights after a surprise attack on Bashar al-Assad's forces, a move may set off  regime's alarm bells as rebels presence mounts southwest the capital.   Al Qabe'a hill that also known as the U.N....

Turkey-backed Islamist rebels have formed 'Al Sham Army, a new armed faction operating in northern province of Aleppo, an online statement by the newly group revealed on Saturday. The fighters who joined Al Sham Army, or the Levant Army, had fought before under banner of al-Qaeda's Syria wing,...

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian during late night clashes in an East Jerusalem refugee camp on Saturday, a spokeswoman said, in a further wave of violence that has raised concerns about a new Palestinian uprising. Police said that Palestinians hurled rocks, petrol bombs and...