Two people were shot dead and others injured on Monday in a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon after a dispute between rival political groups triggered bursts of gunfire, Reuters witnesses said. Abdallah Qablawi, a member of the mainstream Palestinian faction Fatah, was...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters launched a surprise attack on an army battalion near T-4 military airport in Homs province, killing at least 23 soldiers, activists and group's media wing said Monday. Aamaq, ISIS news agency, said fighters of the radical group have killed at least...

Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes battled Islamic State insurgents around Palmyra on Monday, trying to extend their gains after taking back control of a city whose ancient temples were dynamited by the ultra-radical militants. The loss of Palmyra on Sunday...

(SCMP)- Last week, representatives of Western-backed Syrian opposition delegation in Geneva told Russian state media that President Bashar Assad had a surprising new ally on the Syrian battlefield: militia units from North Korea. “Two North Korean units are there, which are Chalma-1...