The Barack Obama administration Wednesday confirmed the authenticity of a video showing the decapitation of a US journalist who was abducted in November 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria. "The US intelligence after analysing the recently released video showing James Foley...

WASHINGTON: The mother of American journalist James Foley, apparently executed by Islamic State jihadists, on Wednesday (Aug 20) paid tribute to her son who she said had died trying to expose the suffering of the Syrian people. Condolences and shocked messages poured...

Damascus (IANS) Syrian government Tuesday welcomed global cooperation in its fight against terrorism. Hailing the international support, deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad stressed his country's resolve to cooperate with any country battling terrorism "except those who pretend...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Warnings from an international research group and the Federal Aviation Administration underscore the rising threat to commercial aircraft posed by hundreds of anti-aircraft weapons that are now in the arsenals of armed groups in Syria and could easily be diverted...