Qatar has sent 1,000 ground troops to Yemen, Doha-based Al Jazeera television said, escalating Gulf Arab intervention in Yemen's war ahead of a planned offensive against Iranian-backed Houthis holding the capital Sanaa. Qatari pilots had already joined months of Saudi-led air strikes on...

  The United States has asked Greece to deny Russia the use of its airspace for supply flights to Syria, a Greek official said on Monday, after Washington told Moscow it was deeply concerned by reports of a Russian military build up in Syria. The Greek foreign ministry said the...

Islamic State fighters have seized the last major oilfield under Syrian regime control during battles over a vast central desert zone, Reuters said on Monday. The Jazal field was now shut down and clashes were ongoing east of Homs, with casualties reported on both sides, the...

Russia has never concealed the fact that it has been supplying military equipment to Syria aimed at fighting terrorism, RIA Novosti news agency cited a foreign ministry spokeswoman as saying on Monday. The agency, citing the ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, also reported that Foreign...