Islamist rebels in Eastern Ghouta district near Damascus have released three hostages, including mother and son, after 17 months of captivity, rebel group and Husband said. On Wednesday, the Islamic Union of Ajnad al-Sham active, in statement posted online, said the release of Helena...

At least 30 Kurdish militants on Wednesday have been killed when a suicide bomber affiliated to the Islamic State detonated his car in PYD bases in northern city of Hasakah, Zaman al-Wasl reporter said. ISIS' car bomb stormed one of Kurdish Democratic Union's bases in al-Kallasa neighborhood...

As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sought to secure a pause in Yemen’s war, Yemen sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, urging the international community “to quickly intervene by land forces to save” the country, specifically in the cities of Aden and Taiz....

 Syrian regime forces on Wednesday targeted vehicles of Syrian Arab Red Crescent during a humanitarian mission to deliver medical aid to their center in the rebel-held city of Douma north of Damascus. One female volunteer has been killed,...