Russia's defense minister Thursday warned Washington not to try to negotiate with Moscow "from a position of strength" ahead of the first meeting between their military chiefs since Donald Trump became U.S. president. "We are ready to restore cooperation with the Pentagon," minister Sergei...

Turkish bombardment of an ISIS-held town in Syria has killed 24 civilians, activists said Thursday, but Turkey's army said only "terrorists" died in the operation. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead in airstrikes and shelling on the town of Al-Bab in the last 24 hours...

    (Zaman Al Wasl)- Al Farouq brigade, key unit in Ahrar al-Sham movement, said Wednesday it had evacuated all bases in Idlib to end the indiscriminate killing of civilians by regime and Russian warplanes in the northern city, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl. Abdul Rauouf...

A suicide bomber Wednesday detonated a pick-up truck in Sadr City, a heavily populated poor Shiite suburb of Baghdad, killing at least 15 and wounding 50, security sources said. The explosion, the deadliest in Baghdad so far this year, targeted a crowded street full of garages and used car...