Dramatic video appears to capture the moment a shell lands near a group of children on the outskirts of Damascus. Despite the proximity of the explosion all the children survive and are seen later in the video smiling and talking about the near miss. It is estimated over 7,000...

Destroying Syria’s deadliest chemical weapons on land would come with vexing diplomatic and security problems as well as environmental issues. To avoid those potential troubles, U.S. officials say, the Obama administration is exploring the use of a government-owned ship to carry out the...

An Al-Qaeda-affiliated group in Syria has announced the execution of two soldiers and three "collaborators" with President Bashar al-Assad's regime near Damascus, according to a statement published on jihadist sites. The Al-Nusra Front also published a photograph showing...

Attacks in Iraq, including suicide bombings against police and the killing of a family, left 11 people dead Wednesday, part of a surge in violence authorities have struggled to stem. The bloodshed, which has left nearly 6,000 people dead so far this year in the worst violence to hit...