Airstrikes believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes on an ISIS-held town in central Syria killed 23 civilians, an activist group said Wednesday. Among those killed in the Monday strikes on the Homs province town of Al-Qaryatain were three children and a woman, the Syrian...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebels took a military base in the western countryside of Hama province after heavy clashes with Syrian regime troops, field activist told Zaman Al Wasl Tuesday. Rebels have seized Tal Othman base and the nearby village of  al Janabra, activist Mustafa Abu Arab said. The...

A U.S. military satellite detected a heat flash over the Sinai at the time a Russian airliner crashed, killing all 224 people aboard, U.S. media reported. The Airbus A321 plunged to the ground Saturday 23 minutes after taking off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh on a flight to St...

Iranian authorities have arrested an American-Lebanese man who they was linked to the U.S. military and intelligence agencies, state broadcaster IRIB said on Tuesday. It named the man as Nizar Zakka, an IT expert who Lebanese media reported last week had disappeared on Sept. 18...