A car bomb has killed an undetermined number of soldiers and wounded at least 20 others at an army checkpoint near a military airport in Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "There are at least 20 soldiers wounded, there are also some dead but we don't know how...

The spiritual heart of Shiite Islam and a hub for religious tourism in Iraq is being badly hit as sanctions against neighbouring Iran have resulted in fewer pilgrims with less money to spend. Business leaders, shopkeepers and hotel owners in Najaf, site of a shrine to a revered figure in...

US warns of conflict spreading beyond national borders after Sunni group boasts of new firepower online Sunni jihadist groups in northern  Syria   have secured a large supply of the type of anti-aircraft missiles that the Obama administration has urgently tried to keep away...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin criticized the Obama administration’s decision to supply weapons to the rebels in the civil war in Syria today, arguing that the U.S. should “Let Allah sort it out” until there is a stronger leader in the White House. “Militarily, where is our commander in...