COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — The rabbi of a Texas synagogue where a gunman took hostages during livestreamed services said Monday that he threw a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after an hourslong standoff, crediting past security training for getting himself and his...

At least three pro-Bashar al-Assad fighters were killed and eight more wounded in Daesh attacks in the Badia desert, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl on Monday. A field source said one Civil Defense fighter was killed on Sunday evening after an improvised explosive device went off in...

 The Syrian regime has received more than 4,000 tons of rice from China on Sunday, the latest in a long line of humanitarian supplies China has provided to Syria to ease the Syrian people's suffering. Feng Biao, China's ambassador to Syria, signed a delivery note with Khaled Hboubati,...

 Aid workers in Syria's largest camp for displaced people face an unprecedented threat, a Kurdish official said on Sunday, following the murder of a 26-year-old health worker by jihadists. The Kurdish Red Crescent on Wednesday announced the death of a staff member from a gunshot wound...