Turkey summoned Russia’s charge d’affaires to the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday over the downing of a Russian warplane that violated Turkish airspace. Sergei Panov, Moscow’s envoy in Ankara, was called to a meeting with Ahmet Muhtar Gun, acting undersecretary, according to the...

(Zaman Al Wasl- Agencies)- The Syrian regime army and allied Shiite militia, backed by Russian bombardments, took control of two towns in western Syria after heavy battles with ISIS fighters, reports said Monday. Syrian state media reported the military and a local force had taken control of...

French fighter jets took off Monday from the Charles De Gaulle aircraft carrier, newly deployed to the eastern Mediterranean, in an operation against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, military sources said. No information was given as to the nature of the operation.

 The United States and its allies conducted 16 strikes against ISIS in Iraq and nine in Syria Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement. Five of the Iraq strikes hit around Ramadi, destroying weapons, tactical units and fighting positions, the Combined Joint Task...