Two senior officers from Iran's Revolutionary Guards were killed fighting Islamic State militants in Syria, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported, ahead of a planned offensive by Syria's army backed by Tehran. Major General Farshad Hasounizadeh and Brigadier Hamid Mokhtarband, commanders in...

At least 27 people have been killed Tuesday in Aleppo and Damascus provinces due to regime and Russian air strikes in a fiercest aerial campaign on rebel-held areas for months, activists and a monitoring group said. 13 people have been killed in Darret Ezzah and Hayan towns near the northern...

Syrian rebels based in Damascus' Eastern Ghouta suburbs have fired two shells at the Russian embassy in the capital as scores of pro-regime supporters gathered outside the compound to thank Moscow for its intervention in Syria, AP reported An Associated Press reporter was outside the embassy on...

Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinians as a series of alleged stabbing attacks continued in Jerusalem on Monday. Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld said that two Palestinians were shot and one of them was killed after allegedly stabbing two Israelis, who were seriously...