Fifteen new cases of polio have been confirmed in Syria, including a child who may have caught the disease in Raqqa, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Aid workers are unable to vaccinate the population in and around Raqqa, a city held by Islamic State militants and a target of...

( The Guardian )- Australia has suspended air combat missions over Syria after Russia threatened that it would treat any plane from the US-led coalition flying west of the Euphrates river as a potential target. Russia said it was responding to US planes shooting down a Syrian air force jet...

A “terrorist” bomb attack in a Shiite village in Bahrain has killed a policeman and wounded two others, the Interior Ministry in the Gulf kingdom said Monday. The attack late Sunday occurred in Diraz, west of Manama, the ministry said on its Twitter account. Witnesses said they heard a...

President Donald Trump has ordered stepped-up military operations against Islamic State and delegated more authority to his generals, but without a comprehensive Syria strategy, his approach risks further confrontation with Syria, Iran and even Russia, according to U.S. officials and analysts....