A Western-backed rebel group in Syria and a monitor of the conflict there said rebels fired anti-aircraft machine guns at a Syrian military jet on Tuesday, damaging the plane, about 80 km (50 miles) east of Damascus. Western-backed rebels had also hit another Syrian military jet last month,...

A US military plane crashed in rural Mississippi on Monday evening killing at least 16 people, a regional emergency management official said. No official details were immediately available on the circumstances of the crash in northern Mississippi's LeFlore County, about 100 miles (160 km)...

 Germany began on Sunday to pull its troops out of a Turkish air base where they have supported international operations against Daesh (ISIS) following a row with Ankara over access, a German defence ministry spokesman said. The withdrawal from the Incirlik base, approved by the German...

A separate truce for southern Syria, brokered by the U.S. and Russia, is meant to help allay growing concerns by neighboring Jordan and Israel about Iranian military ambitions in the area, including fears that Tehran plans to set up a disruptive long-term presence there. Such apprehensions...