(Zaman Al Wasl)-At least 55 civilians, including women and children, have been killed in new chemical attack by Syrian forces on Aqarbat town in Hama province, monitor and residents said. Local council in Aqarbat said the regime warplanes have targeted the town and surrounding villages...

President Barack Obama has ordered for a waiver for restrictions on military aid to foreign forces and groups in Syria that are helping U.S. operations in that country, the White House said. “I hereby determine that the transaction, encompassing the provision of defense articles and...

With ISIS's "caliphate" seemingly nearing its downfall in Iraq, the country's security agencies are preparing for a different fight against the militants, shifting away from ground offensives to a focus on intelligence work, surgical airstrikes and a higher level of cooperation with the West....

Saudi Arabia is striving to develop a homegrown defense industry but cutting reliance on foreign equipment will take years, the head of a major military development firm said Thursday. The kingdom is the world's third-biggest defense spender, but only two percent of that outlay is local....