The Syrian regime army advanced into the town of Taybet al Imam in Hama province on Thursday, expanding its territory along the strategic western highway between Damascus and Aleppo, the army and rebels said. The government forces were backed by heavy Russian aerial strikes across a...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis met Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and top brass in Cairo on Thursday, pledging support for the American ally on his first regional tour. The brief visit, with Mattis later setting off to Israel, came after Sisi hit it off with Trump during a...

The Egyptian military said Thursday it killed a senior ISIS cleric and 18 militants in airstrikes in the Sinai Peninsula where the extremists are waging an insurgency. The announcement came after ISIS claimed a series of attacks, including a shooting near a monastery this week and twin...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 52 Iranian-backed Shi'ite fighters have been killed by Free Syrian Army in the last four weeks in Hama province, activists and local monitoring groups said. Syrian rebel who launched major attacks on regime forces and allied militias las March have killed and...