Air France has dismissed the conclusions of a new report into the 2009 Rio-to-Paris Air France plane crash that blames the pilots for failing to apply correct procedures and losing control of the aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean. Previous reports said a technical fault on the Airbus...

Just weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared victory in Syria, Russian military outposts in the country have come under rebel attacks that are challenging Moscow's gains. Russian bases located in Syrian President Bashar Assad's Alawite heartland had been immune to rebel...

Ten children were among 24 people killed in strikes on a rebel enclave near the Syrian capital Tuesday, a monitor said as the UN's humanitarian chief paid his first visit to the country. Either regime or Russian aircraft were responsible for the raids, the most deadly of which killed 13...

Regime forces upped the pressure on two of the last rebel bastions in Syria, with air strikes in Idlib province and a move to break a siege near Damascus Monday. Syrian and Russian aircraft pounded targets in the northwestern region of Idlib, pressing a week-old operation targeting the...