Turkish-backed factions reached Syria’s second city of Aleppo Friday, as they pressed a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed government. The fighting is some of the deadliest in years, with 255 people killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human...

Four civilians, including two students, were killed on Friday in shelling by “terrorist groups” on the Syrian city of Aleppo’s University City, the Syrian state news agency SANA reported. Rebels led by militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham on Wednesday began an incursion into a dozen...

At least three Palestinians were killed and nine others injured on Friday after Israeli airstrikes targeted two homes in Gaza City, according to Palestinian Civil Defense authorities. In a statement, the Palestinian Civil Defense said its teams recovered the bodies of three victims and rescued...

Russian and Syrian regime's war planes bombed rebel-held northwest Syria near the border with Turkey on Thursday to push back an insurgent offensive that captured territory for the first time in years, Syrian army and rebel sources said. Rebels led by militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham on...