Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of government troops, three Lebanese sources familiar with the political and military situation there said on Wednesday. The sources, speaking to Reuters on condition they not be identified, gave the most...

A Saudi-led alliance killed at least 20 Indian nationals in air strikes on fuel smugglers at a Yemeni port on Tuesday, fishermen said, and more foreign troops were reported to be arriving to intensify the campaign against Houthi forces. The Houthi-run state news agency Saba also said...

 Kurdish authorities in northern Syria are arbitrarily detaining critics and alleged ISIS sympathizers and denying prisoners fair trials, rights group Amnesty International said Monday. In a new report, Amnesty said it had documented several cases of authorities detaining people with...

Syrian government officials have denied that Islamic State fighters captured an oil field which a monitoring group reported had been seized from government forces. Talal al-Barazi, governor of Homs province, was quoted by al-Watan newspaper on Tuesday as saying Islamic State fighters had...