An Iraqi army helicopter crashed on Wednesday due to "hostile fire" west of Baghdad where security forces were fighting Islamic State militants, who claimed responsibility for downing it. The helicopter crashed in the Fuhailat area, a frontline 15 km (10 miles) southeast of the...

British Typhoon fighter jets were sent to intercept two Russian bombers heading towards British airspace Wednesday, a spokeswoman from the Ministry of Defense said. Intercepts of Russian aircraft by NATO have increased over the last year amid heightened tensions between the West and Moscow...

Mohamed Qassim, who formerly served as attorney-general in Syria’s central city of Tadmur, spoke to Anadolu Agency on Saturday about collusion -- which he says he witnessed first-hand -- between the Assad regime and its ally Russia and the Islamic State militant group. Qassim, who now...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's air strikes killed at least 10 people and wounded dozens in attacks on rebel-held Aleppo city, activists said on Sunday. The aerial bombing has targeted the neighborhood of Katerji in the regime-encircled city of Aleppo, medics said. Russia has killed at least 550...