(The Daily Star)- The U.S.-led coalition Sunday denied carrying out an airstrike that killed 15 women at a Shiite place of worship in northern Iraq this week. Russia pointed an accusatory finger at the coalition a day after Friday's incident, in which local officials said women at a shrine...

(The Daily Star)- Turkey hit Syrian Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria for the second time in less than 72 hours, the military said Saturday, quoted in state media. Rockets struck 70 People's Protection Units (YPG) targets Friday, the armed forces said in a statement, but did not say...

Syria's army and Russia's air force halted their bombardment of rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Friday, a monitoring group said, on the second of four consecutive daytime unilateral ceasefires in the city that have been rejected by insurgents. Heavy clashes took place in Aleppo during the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime warplanes on Friday have dropped at least 24  barrel bombs on farms and the camp of Khan al-Shih in the western countryside of Damascus local media center said. The media center of Khan al-Shih reported that 4 explosive barrels contained the Napalm,...