The Syrian military has extended a nationwide ceasefire that expired on Friday for another 72 hours, state media reported on Saturday. The military high command said in a statement "a regime of calm will be extended for a period of 72 hours from one o'clock on July 9". The Syrian...

A Syrian rebel alliance agreed to a three-day nationwide ceasefire announced by the Syrian army on Wednesday and the United States voiced hope a more significant truce could be achieved, though fighting and air attacks continued. The truce was the first to be declared across the whole country...

A camp for Iranian dissidents near Baghdad's international airport was shelled on Monday, wounding more than 40 residents, the opposition People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI) said. "According to reports from Camp Liberty, as of midnight tonight, more than 40 residents were wounded...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Al Qaeda's Syria branch, the Nusra Front, has killed the captive pilot after his warplane was shot down by the powerful Islam Army group northeast of Damascus on Friday, according to statement posted online by Islam Army.   A spokesman for Jaish al-Islam rebels, who...