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Syrian regime president Bashar al-Assad has appointed a new military commander in Hasakah province northeast Syria over demands of his Kurdish allied militias. Pro-regime news feeds said that al-Assad had dismissed General Mohamed Khadour over bloody clashes two months ago between...

Insurgents have seized a historic town in southern  Syria  from the government, a group monitoring the war said on Wednesday, part of a rebel counter-attack to stop Damascus reclaiming the border zone near Israel and Jordan. A Syrian military source reported heavy fighting...

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is moving heavy military equipment including artillery to areas near its border with  Yemen , U.S. officials said on Tuesday, raising the risk that the Middle East’s top oil power will be drawn into the worsening Yemeni conflict. The buildup follows a...