SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — About a dozen deaths in Washington and Oregon may be tied to an intense heat wave that brought scorching temperatures to the Northwest and caused one power utility to impose rolling blackouts amid heavy demand. The dangerous weather that gave Seattle and Portland...

An attack by the Syrian regime and allied Iran-backed foreign terrorist groups killed at least three civilians, including a child, and wounded eight others in the opposition-held Idlib de-escalation zone in northern Syria. The regime forces fired shells at six villages in southern...

Syrian regime forces and rebel groups exchanged shelling in northwestern Syria on Monday that killed at least 10 people, the vast majority of them in rebel-held areas, state media and opposition activists said. The area has been witnessing acts of violence in recent weeks between...

 A Palestinian rights group has focused on the tragedy of Palestinian refugees in Syria, where tens of thousands are still forcibly displaced, facing successive hardships and calamities.   The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said on the World Refugee Day that during the...