Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew to Moscow on Tuesday evening to personally thank Russia's Vladimir Putin for his military support, in a surprise visit that underlined how Russia has become a major player in the Middle East. It was Assad's first foreign trip since the outbreak of...

The U.S. has replaced six F-16s positioned at an airbase in southern Turkey with a dozen ground bombers, a Pentagon official told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday. "On Oct. 20, airmen and 12 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 75th fighter squadron from Moody AFB, Georgia, arrived at Incirlik Air Base,...

At least 11 people have been killed Tuesday in northern province of Idlib in regime air strikes, activists and a monitoring group said as regime troops and their Shiite allies, backed by Russian jets continue a major assault north and west Syria. the Syrian Network for Human Rights said death...

At least three Russians fighting alongside Syrian government forces were killed and several more wounded when a shell hit their position in the coastal province of Latakia, a senior pro-government military source said on Tuesday. If confirmed, the deaths which occurred on Monday night would...