A series of bomb blasts targeted government-held areas of Syria on Monday, killing at least five people, state media in Damascus said. At least five people were killed on Monday in a double bombing in Syria's government-held Tartus province, state television said. "Two terrorist blasts on...

Five explosions hit government-controlled areas and a city held by a Kurdish militia in Syria on Monday morning, killing several people, state media and a monitor said. It was not immediately clear if there was any link between the blasts reported in the state-held cities of Tartous and...

 Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine on Sunday defended Hillary Clinton against criticism over her handling of classified information as secretary of state, saying she was unaware of the sensitivity of some information she exchanged over email because it had been "improperly...

Syrian government forces and their allies recaptured areas in southwestern Aleppo on Sunday that rebels had seized last month and laid siege to the city's opposition-held eastern sector for a second time since July, rebels and monitors said. The areas recaptured, after weeks of bombardment...