Israel said it launched air strikes against air defenses and Iranian targets in Syria Saturday and the Syrian army claimed to have hit an Israeli F-16 that crashed in northern Israel in a major escalation of tension. The Israeli military said the F-16 jet crashed during a mission...

The United Nations called Tuesday for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Syria of at least one month as heavy air strikes were reported to have killed at least 30 people in rebel-held areas near Damascus and in the northwest. Separately, U.N. war crimes experts said in Geneva that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- After the opposition forces brought down a Sukhoi 25 fighter jet in northern Idlib province last Saturday, Moscow quickly accused Washington of supplying Stinger missiles, a portable anti-aircraft, to the Syrian opposition. The U.S. State Department denied the...

A Turkish soldier was killed in a rocket and mortar attack by militants in northwest Syria as Turkish forces were setting up a military post in the largest remaining stronghold of opposition to President Bashar Assad, Turkey's military said Tuesday. It was the second attack in a...