The last thing Diaa, 24, remembers is the growl of an aircraft above his village in Deraa, Syria, the target of a brutal offensive by the regime against the rebels. He and an employee had gone outside their shop to take a look. The ground was suddenly ripped from beneath their feet. The...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Russian missiles hit two coastal villages in Tartus province as the Russian navy began practices late on Thursday, local activists said. No casualties reported. Residents of the villages of Bait Hajji and al-Mastaba have blamed the Russian air base in Tartus...

Israeli airstrikes Wednesday night targeted a number of areas under Assad regime control in the southwestern province of Quneita, reported regime news agency SANA on Thursday. According to SANA, “an air force of the Israeli enemy fired several rockets towards some army points.”...

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday in Moscow, RIA news agency reported, without providing any details. Velayati hailed Iran's ties with Russia on Wednesday as "strategic" and said he would...