U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he blocked a planned military strike against Iran because it would not have been a proportionate response to Tehran's downing of an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone, adding that more sanctions were imposed late Thursday. "10 minutes before the...

U.S. President Donald Trump approved military strikes Friday against Iran in retaliation for the downing of an unmanned $130-million surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching the attacks, the New York Times said. Trump had initially approved strikes on a handful of targets such as...

Regime attacks killed 16 civilians and nine combatants in Syria's jihadist-run northwest on Wednesday, a war monitor said, the latest violence to rattle a region housing three million people. Eleven civilians were killed in regime air strikes on a village in the Jabal al-Zawiya region...

Regime attacks killed 16 civilians and nine combatants in Syria's militant-run northwest Wednesday, an activist group said, the latest violence to rattle a region housing three million people. Eleven civilians were killed in regime airstrikes on a village in the Jabal al-Zawiya region of...