Russian warplanes pounded Syrian rebels unaffiliated with Islamic State on Sunday, insurgents said, helping Moscow's ally Bashar al-Assad reclaim territory and dealing a fresh setback to the strategy of Washington and its allies. President Vladimir Putin - who has infuriated...

President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia would not deploy ground troops to Syria, where it has been conducting airstrikes against ISIS targets. "We are not planning on doing this (conducting a ground operation), and our Syrian friends know about this," Putin said in an interview...

Iraqi security forces claim to have struck the convoy of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air raid near the country's border with Syria. 'The Iraqi air force carried out a heroic operation targeting the convoy of the criminal terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,' Iraq's...

 Islamist movement Hamas on Sunday warned Israel against "foolishness" after an air strike by the Jewish state in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire killed a pregnant woman and her toddler. "This shows the occupation's desire to escalate," said Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for Hamas,...