The United States will send armored vehicles and combat troops into eastern Syria to keep oil fields from potentially falling into the hands of Islamic State militants, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said. It was the latest sign that extracting the military from Syria is more uncertain...

  Iraqi police fired live shots into the air as well as rubber bullets and dozens of tear gas canisters Friday to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters, sending young demonstrators running for cover and enveloping a main bridge in the capital Baghdad with thick white smoke....

   (Zaman Al Wasl)- Three women were killed and four children wounded Friday when the regime's artillery fire struck Jisr al-Shughour region in northern Idlib province, activists said. The attack on the de-escalation zone is the second in 48 hours. Artillery...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 regime forces have been killed by a landmine in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, sources said  Friday . The attack took place near the town of Al Ashara in the eastern countryside. Rebels and jihadists have killed more than 130,000...