Iranian forces based in Syria fired 20 rockets at Israeli front-line military positions in the Golan Heights early Thursday, the Israeli military said, triggering an Israeli reprisal and further escalating heightened tensions. The Israeli military said its Iron Dome rocket defense...

Syrian state media accused Israel of launching missiles at a target near Damascus Tuesday, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was quitting the Iranian nuclear deal, a move that prompted Israel to go on high alert. Within two hours of the White House announcement, Syrian state...

Mike Pompeo arrived in Riyadh on Saturday for his first overseas visit as the US' new secretary of state, with some tough words to the Saudi leadership on its blockade of Qatar and the ongoing war in Yemen. Pompeo reportedly told Riyadh that "enough is enough" regarding the Saudi-led...

 More than a dozen Syrian regime forces have been killed fighting Daesh (ISIS) in a devastated southern district of the capital Damascus, a monitoring group said Monday. Forces loyal to Bashar Assad ramped up their ground operations and bombing raids against the Palestinian...