At least 25 people have been killed by a fuel tank explosion in the Syrian town of Qamishli. The explosion is reported by state television to have killed at least 25 including children and wounded 30, in the predominately Kurdish northeastern town. Juan Mohammed, a Kurdish official in the...

 ISIS fighters advanced against rival insurgents in northern Syria Sunday, capturing areas close to a border crossing with Turkey, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The fighters captured the town of Soran Azaz and two nearby villages after clashes with other rebels, the...

Syrian air force raids on Saturday killed at least 136 civilians, including 7 women and 14 children, as government extended its intense aerial campaign against rebel-held areas throughout Syria mostly in in the northern province of Aleppo, a monitoring group said. The first air force raid on a...

Heavy fighting erupted in southern Yemen near Aden airport on Friday when local militia attacked Shi'ite Houthi rebels in a push to drive them from the district, residents and fighters said. Saudi-led forces also made four air strikes on a military base near the airport, a source in the...