Al-Qaeda militants in war-torn Yemen executed a dentist accused of spying for the government and guiding US drone strikes targeting the Islamist extremists, a local official said Sunday. The jihadis shot Motthar al-Youssoufi, then crucified his corpse and left it outside his health centre,...

Syrian rebel group has shot down two Russian drones in northwestern Idlib province, a military source said Sunday.   Al-Fateh al-Mubin, an operations room of rebels and jihadist factions, shot down two attack drones in the eastern countryside of Larakia and the Jabal al-Zawiyah...

Israel's army launched new air strikes Sunday against Hamas positions in Gaza and closed the fishing zone around the Palestinian enclave in response to rockets and firebombs sent into Israeli territory. The measures came after a week of heightened tensions, including clashes on Saturday...

Fresh Israeli air and tank strikes hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip late Friday, Israel's army said, in further reprisals for firebombs suspended from balloons that floated over the border from Gaza. "Fighter jets, military helicopters and tanks targeted Hamas positions in the Gaza...