The Syrian regime said it shot down Israeli missiles as they approached the capital Damascus on Friday, saying it had countered an “aggression” from its longtime adversary with its own air defenses. State-run news agency SANA said Syria shot down most of the missiles, which were launched...

Even as the US completed the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan on Monday ahead of an Aug. 31 deadline, the double suicide bombing at Kabul airport and US drone strikes against ISIS-K hideouts have amply highlighted that the dawn of peace in the war-torn country is still far away....

A Taliban guard at the Kabul airport says the last U.S. planes have flown out after 20 years of war in Afghanistan. Hemad Sherzad tells The Associated Press the last five planes departed early Tuesday, just after midnight. Celebratory gunfire erupted across the city. U.S. officials have...

At least 30 soldiers were killed and 60 wounded in Houthi strikes on Yemen’s largest airbase in Lahj, about 60km north of Aden, southern forces spokesman Mohamed al-Naqeeb said on Sunday. Military personnel in Al-Anad airbase were conducting a training exercise when the attack took place,...