Russia has launched a series of air attacks in the area where one of its fighter jets was shot down by Syrian rebels on Saturday, leaving dozens of fighters and civilians dead, according to Syrian activists and Russian officials. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based...

Iraqi security services Sunday published the names of 60 people wanted on suspicion of belonging to Daesh (ISIS), al-Qaeda or the Baath Party of late dictator Saddam Hussein. The list, seen by AFP, includes the name of Saddam's daughter Raghad, who lives in Jordan. It also features 28...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Southern Front thwarted an ISIS counter attack on its bases in the western countryside of Daraa city, killing two militants, field sources said Sunday. Two rebels were also wounded in the attack on the al-Haq Division group in al-Yarmouk Basin. The key Free Syrian Army unit...

DUBAI: Bahrain has deported eight people to war-torn Iraq after revoking their citizenship and making them stateless, Human Rights Watch said Sunday, accusing the Gulf monarchy of exiling dissidents. The eight were deported to Iraq's southern Shiite city of Najaf on Jan. 30 and Feb. 1 after...