(The Wall Street Journal)- The Obama administration pursued secret communications with elements of Syria’s regime over several years in a failed attempt to limit violence and get President Bashar al-Assad to relinquish power, according to U.S. and Arab officials. Early on, the U.S....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian air strikes on northern Idlib city have killed 43 people, rescue workers and residents said on Sunday. They said at least six strikes had hit a busy market place in the heart of the city, several government buildings and residential areas. Rescue workers said...

The Russian Defense Ministry said late on Thursday that senior British military officials had met with their Russian counterparts in Moscow to discuss how best to avoid incidents between the two countries' armed forces at sea and in the air. Britain has complained of increasingly having to...

France has used cruise missiles for the first time against the Islamic State during strikes in Iraq on Tuesday, the Defense Ministry said. SCALP long-range missiles were launched from French fighter jets based in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan as part of a bombing raid that...