DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will help oppressed people in the region, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday, days after Gulf Arab leaders met U.S. President Barack Obama and expressed concern about Iranian expansionism. Khamenei also denounced Saudi Arabia for its role leading a...

Hezbollah’s leader has claimed to have made significant progress in the ongoing clashes in the Qalamoun mountain range, but warned that the battles are far from being over.  Yet analysts claim the Lebanese group, currently fighting in Syria alongside the Syrian government, is attempting...

U.S. commandos mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria overnight, killing dozens of militants and a senior ISIS commander in a firefight, capturing his wife and rescuing a Yazidi woman held as a slave, the Pentagon said Saturday. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the raid, identifying...

Fighting between Islamic State militants and the Syrian army was reported on Saturday near an ancient citadel in the historic city of Palmyra, the target of a big offensive by the jihadist group that has raised concern for the U.N. world heritage site. The Syrian Observatory...