KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said Saturday its forces destroyed three Ukrainian naval drones being used in an attempt to attack a key bridge linking Russia to the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula, forcing its temporary closure for a third time in less than a year. One naval drone was...

US jets carried out airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria's eastern Deir ez-Zor province, which is the scene of a clashes between Arab tribes and the US-backed Kurdish fighters, according to local sources. Sources told Anadolu Agency, on condition of anonymity, that Iran-backed...

 An Israeli airstrike hit the international airport in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria early on Monday, damaging a runway and putting it out of service, Syrian state media said. State news agency SANA, citing a military official, said Israeli planes coming from the Mediterranean...

At least 11 Syrian soldiers were killed in the country's northwest on Saturday, after militants detonated explosives in tunnels under army positions. Those responsible for the attack, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, included members of the Ansar al-Tawhid group and the...