Russian aircraft carrying nearly 2,000 suspected troops have landed at a military airbase near the regional capital of the restive Crimean peninsula, a top Ukrainian official has said, accusing Moscow of an "armed invasion". "Thirteen Russian aircraft landed at the airport of...

Multiple sources within Syrian rebel brigades have reported that more than 70 Hezbollah militants and Syrian army personnel were recently killed in a single night operation. According to these sources, the pro-regime forces were “liquidated in their tents in surprise carnage, leaving...

  Israel  warned Lebanon on Friday to prevent threatened Hezbollah retaliation for an alleged Israeli air strike on a site used by the guerrillas on the Syrian border. Israel  has neither confirmed nor denied carrying out Monday's strike, in keeping with its...

  Islamist militants trying to enforce their religious strict code in rebel-held areas of  Syria  have cut off the hand of an alleged thief in Aleppo province, jihadi social media said on Friday. Photos of the public event were posted on Twitter by several jihadi...