The Taliban said Friday they have agreed to suspend attacks in southern Afghanistan that have displaced thousands this week - but only after the U.S. promised to halt airstrikes in support of Afghan forces in the latest fighting in Helmand province. The development came after a meeting with...

Two Afghan army helicopters collided while transporting wounded soldiers in the southern Helmand province, killing nine Afghan service members, the country's Defense Ministry and local officials said Wednesday. The two Soviet-era Mi-17 helicopters crashed due to technical problems while...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Exclusive)- Six Syrian rebels were killed in Azerbaijan while fighting the Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh region.  Sources confirmed that the slain fighters were buried in different areas of northern Syria, after their bodies were transported by military...

Clashes in the Syrian Desert between pro-government forces and holdouts of the Daesh group have killed at least 90 combatants this month, a war monitor said Wednesday. Russian aircraft carried out strikes in support of their Syrian regime ally, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said....