Four Syrian regime fighters were killed east of the capital, an activist group said Wednesday, in an ambush claimed by Daesh (ISIS). The militants struck Tuesday in a hilly area about 50 kilometers from Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "There were...

Russia on Tuesday said there were no plans for a major assault on Idlib, despite Bashar Assad earlier saying it was a priority to retake the province. "There's currently no question and can be no question of an operation, of a major assault on Idlib," Russia's Syria envoy Alexander...

Israeli MPs are to return from summer recess next week to discuss mounting criticism of a new law proclaiming the country the nation state of the Jewish people, parliament said Tuesday. President Reuven Rivlin has meanwhile reportedly said he will sign the law in Arabic, in an apparent...

A man was jailed for 17 years Tuesday for plotting a terrorist attack in Australia after being prevented from travelling to Syria, with the judge saying he continued to hold extremist views. Agim Kruezi, 25, was arrested in 2014 and pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court to one...