KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — With the number of defenders left holed up in a Mariupol steel factory dwindling, Russian commanders will be coming under increasing pressure to reallocate troops from the strategic southern port city to bolster their offensive in eastern Ukraine, Britain's Defense...

Three Syrian regime soldiers were killed on Thursday in an ambush by the "Islamic State" group that targeted a military vehicle in the Palmyra desert in central Syria.   Informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl that "three forces were killed at dawn on Thursday, and two others were seriously...

A former leader in the ruling Syrian Al-Baath party and former armed militia leader has joined the humanitarian work after arriving in Germany and obtaining temporary protection, a well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl.   Amal Ezzo, 55, who lives in the city of Gostrof in the province...

A French appeals court has confirmed that the cement giant Lafarge must face charges of complicity in crimes against humanity over alleged payoffs to Islamic State group and other jihadist groups during Syria's civil war, judicial sources told AFP on Wednesday. Lafarge, now part of the Swiss...