Syria's Defense Ministry on Tuesday released footage of its army's air force conducting joint drills with key ally Russia. Moscow is a key ally of President Bashar Assad, and the Russian army played a key role in pushing back armed opposition groups from overthrowing his government in...

Gunmen supporting Syria's regime and others opposed to Damascus clashed in the southern Syrian province of Sweida on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, a war monitor said. Six loyalists and four people against the regime lost their lives after the fighting erupted in two villages in the...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia targeted Ukraine’s Black Sea regions of Odesa and Mykolaiv with air strikes Tuesday, hitting private buildings and port infrastructure along the country's southern coast, the Ukrainian military said. The Kremlin’s forces used air-launched missiles in the...

Australian authorities must speed up the repatriation of their nationals held in detention centres in Syria following the recent confirmation of the death of a Sydney teenager at a facility in the northeast, UN human rights experts said on Monday.   Yusuf Zahab, 17, had been taken...