The Pentagon on Friday denied accusations by a Syrian rebel group that the United States had targeted a mosque in Syria and, in a rare move, showed an aerial image to illustrate the mosque was intact and the building destroyed was in fact across the street. Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff...

 Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria early Friday, prompting retaliatory missile launches, in the most serious incident between the two countries since the Syrian civil war began six years ago. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strikes targeted weapons bound...

 Friday prayers were cancelled in rebel-held parts of northern Syria after an airstrike that struck a crowded mosque, killing at least 40 people and wounded many others, Syrian opposition activists said. A powerful Syrian opposition group and other opposition activists blamed the...

Belgium Friday opened a tender for the replacement of its ageing U.S.-built F-16 jet fighter fleet, a contract potentially worth 15 billion euros over its 40-year lifespan. "The current 54 F-16 fighters will be replaced by 34 new multi-role aircraft," the ministry of defense said, arguing...