After the failure of its $500 million program to stand up a Syrian volunteer force to battle Islamic State extremists, the Obama administration has begun an effort to enable Arab militias to fight alongside a Kurdish force that has gotten U.S. air support for the past year. The stated U.S. aim...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-Two new members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have been killed in northern countryside of Aleppo, Fars news agency said Wednesday. Iran's news agency said IRGC Lieutenant Muslim Nasser and an Afghan Khan Ali Yousafi, from Al Mahdi brigade were killed in...

A new member of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has been killed in northern countryside of Aleppo, activists said Sunday. Mustafa Sader Zadeh was a senior commander in Fatemiyoun Brigade which is formed of Iran-based Afghan expatriates who are trained by Tehran to fight in...

The United States and Saudi Arabia agreed to increase support to Syria's moderate opposition while seeking a political resolution of the four-year conflict, the U.S. State Department said after Secretary of State John Kerry met King Salman on Saturday. Kerry was in Riyadh for meetings with...