Syrian regime jets struck rebel-held towns in southern Daraa province on Monday, the first aerial attacks on the area since the United States and Russia brokered a deal making it a "de-escalation zone" last year, rebels and residents said. At least eight raids struck the...

At least 42 people have been killed in Eastern Ghouta as regime forces continue to launch air strikes on the rebel-held enclave while edging closer to its central towns. Activists in Douma, one of the main urban centres, told Al Jazeera on Sunday that Syrian jets have "not stopped...

MUSCAT (Reuters)-  U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned Syria Sunday it would be "very unwise" for government forces to use weaponized gas, as he cited unconfirmed reports of chlorine attacks in eastern Ghouta and slammed Russian support for Damascus. Mattis stopped short of...

NEW DELHI: India and France pledged Saturday to work together to ensure freedom of navigation in the Indian Ocean and signed an agreement to expedite construction of a big nuclear power plant in India by a French company. After talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in New Delhi,...