Goals from Luiz Suarez, Lionel Messi and Neymar helped Barcelona beat Saudi champions Al-Ahli 5-3 in a thrilling friendly in Doha Tuesday. The superstar trio all scored by the 17th minute, helping the Spanish giants to stroll into an early three-goal lead. And perhaps more importantly...

(The Daily Star)- Relatives of nine Lebanese servicemen taken hostage by Daesh (ISIS) have completed DNA tests, local media reported Tuesday. Results of will be compared with unidentified bodies found by the Syrian army in an area liberated form Daesh control, said a source quoted by the...

Syria's army and its allies have taken full control over all the Aleppo districts abandoned by rebels during their retreat in the city, a Syrian military source said on Tuesday. On Monday rebel defences collapsed, leading to a broad army advance across more than half of the remaining...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said talks with the United States on Syria were at a dead end, and ISIS's advance to Palmyra may have been staged by the United States and its regional allies to allow Syrian rebels in Aleppo a respite. During a visit to Belgrade, Lavrov said Russia was...