(Zaman Al Wasl)- Yarmouk Army, key rebel group operating in the southern province of Daraa, said Sunday it has formed a political office; a move aims to make more integration between military action and political representation. According to the statement, Yarmouk Army said its armed struggle...

President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia would not deploy ground troops to Syria, where it has been conducting airstrikes against ISIS targets. "We are not planning on doing this (conducting a ground operation), and our Syrian friends know about this," Putin said in an interview...

Iraqi security forces claim to have struck the convoy of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air raid near the country's border with Syria. 'The Iraqi air force carried out a heroic operation targeting the convoy of the criminal terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,' Iraq's...

 Islamist movement Hamas on Sunday warned Israel against "foolishness" after an air strike by the Jewish state in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire killed a pregnant woman and her toddler. "This shows the occupation's desire to escalate," said Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for Hamas,...