The Israeli military says the Syrian plane it shot down departed from the Syrian T4 air base, which Israel is believed to have attacked earlier this year, AP reported. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus says Tuesday that the plane flew toward Israel at "relatively...

Twin wildfires raging through popular seaside areas near the Greek capital have torched homes, cars and forests and killed at least 49 people, authorities said Tuesday, raising the death toll after rescue crews reported finding the bodies of more than 20 people huddled together near a beach....

Iraq's human rights commission reported on Monday that 14 people were killed and more than 700 injured by Iraqi security forces during weeks of protests of the country’s economic woes and government mismanagement. Fazl Garrawi, member of the Iraqi Human Right commission affiliated to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A third installment of refugees who had signed up to return to Syria started their journey home from the Lebanese border town of Arsal Monday morning, the Lebanese Daily Star reported. About 700 Syrian refugees who have been living near the border town of Arsal back to...