Al Qaeda's Syria wing, the Nusra Front, called on rebel groups operating in Eastern Ghouta suburbs near Damascus to form Ghouta's version of Fatah Army, like what Nusra did in Idlib province and Qalamoun region. Forming 'Fatah Army in Ghouta' as Nusra urged in statement posted online on...

Syrian regime air raids on northern countryside of Home killed at least 18 people, including 4 children, activists and monitoring group said Sunday. Local activists and the Syrian Network for Human Rights said regime helicopters had dropped three barrel-bomb on a crowded neighborhood in...

Israeli aircraft struck the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday in response to a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled territory that hit southern Israel, the Israeli military said. The militant rocket landed in open ground and caused no damage or injuries, the army said. No casualties were...

The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze River jumped to 396 on Saturday, leaving fewer than 50 still missing, as the boat operator apologized and said it would cooperate with investigations. Only 14 survivors, one of them the captain, have been...