Russian warplanes pounded Syrian rebels unaffiliated with Islamic State on Sunday, insurgents said, helping Moscow's ally Bashar al-Assad reclaim territory and dealing a fresh setback to the strategy of Washington and its allies. President Vladimir Putin - who has infuriated...

Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant targets in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey Saturday and Sunday, pressing their military campaign a day after the rebel group ordered its fighters to halt attacks on Turkish soil. Security sources said some 30-35 PKK...

A top  commander with  the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah group was killed on Saturday during battles in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, al-Mayadeen TV reported. The report said Hassan Hossain al-Haj ( aka Hajj Maher  and Abu Mohammad al Ikleem ) was killed during...

France and Saudi Arabia are to agree big aerospace contracts when French Prime Minister Manuel Valls visits the kingdom on Tuesday, sources close to the matter said on Sunday. Valls is on a tour of several Middle Eastern countries which began on Saturday in Cairo with the...