WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. drone strike killed an Islamic State group leader in Syria hours after the same MQ-9 Reaper drones were harassed by Russian military jets over the western part of the country, according to the Defense Department. Three Reapers had been flying overhead searching for...

(THE CONVERSATION) The Biden administration announced on July 7, 2023, that it would send cluster bombs to Ukraine – a deeply controversial move given the munition is prohibited by more than 120 countries because of risks to civilian populations. The U.S. has been here before. It provided...

 Russian fighter jets have “harassed” American drones over Syria for the third day in a row this week, the U.S. military said. Tension between Russian and U.S. troops is not uncommon in Syria as both countries conduct patrols on the ground as well as overflights. Syria’s 12-year...

BEIRUT (AP) — A gunman opened fire Friday at a mosque in eastern Lebanon, killing one person and wounding several others, the Lebanese army and state news agency said. The reason behind the shooting in the eastern town of Bar Elias was not immediately clear. The Lebanese army issued a...

BEIRUT (AP) — A drone strike believed to have been carried out by the U.S.-led coalition in northern Syria Friday killed one man with Islamic State links and wounded a passerby, a paramedic group and an opposition war monitor said. The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets,...

Russia’s rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it's still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the aborted uprising against military leaders or for the deaths of the soldiers killed in it. Instead, a campaign is...

Zaman al-Wasl learned that the Russian forces on Wednesday have started ground-air military exercises  in partnership with the regime forces in the countryside of Aleppo, northern Syria. A local observatory of air traffic and regime forces' movements told Zaman al-Wasl that the...

The state of Kocaeli, northwestern Turkey, witnessed great tension between the Syrians and the Turks on Sunday as a result of which the Turkish citizens staged an angry demonstration, calling for the expulsion of the refugees, due to the poisoning of a dog owned by a Turkish family....

Russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to several U.S. drone aircraft over Syria on Wednesday, setting off flares and forcing the MQ-9 Reapers to take evasive maneuvers, the Air Force said. U.S. Air Forces Central released a video of the encounter, showing a Russian SU-35 fighter...

(New York/Geneva/Rome): Four million people in north-west Syria – most of them women and children – rely on humanitarian aid to survive following years of conflict, economic shocks, disease outbreaks, and spiraling poverty compounded by the devastating earthquakes. The vital pipeline supplying...

The global chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday it found no evidence to support a claim by Syria that its forces were attacked using toxic gas in 2017. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said that its fact-finding mission concluded that “there are no reasonable...

The U.N. secretary general is hoping that the Security Council will vote later this month to keep a key border crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries for a period of one year instead of six months, a U.N. official said Tuesday. Syria’s...

Russia on Tuesday said 134 people were hospitalized after an explosion in Ukraine's Kakhovka dam last month. "According to the updated data, 134 people were hospitalized with various injuries," Russia's state-run TASS news agency reported. At least 48 people were killed, Russia said...

The death toll from a raid by Israeli forces on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin has risen to ten, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry also reported 100 injuries, with 20 people in serious condition. The Palestinian Authority decided Monday to suspend all forms...

 France has returned 35 people — 10 women and 25 minors — from a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to Islamic State extremists. Al-Hol Camp — named after a town near the Iraqi border — holds about 51,000 people, including many widows, wives and...

Jordan's foreign minister Monday called for international investment into conflict-ravaged Syria's crippled infrastructure to speed up refugee returns. Ayman Safadi made the remarks during a visit to the capital Damascus, where he met with Syrian President Bashar Assad and his counterpart,...

It is unrealistic to argue that Syria’s socioeconomic recovery will be smooth and swift. There are several reasons and obstacles that point to the premise that there is going to be a long road ahead for Syria as it seeks to implement a meaningful and substantial recovery that will benefit the...

Pope Francis has condemned the burning of Islam’s holy book, the Quran, in Sweden. “Any book considered sacred by its authors must be respected out of respect for its believers,” the pope said in an interview with United Arab Emirates newspaper al-Ittihad, published on Monday. "I feel...

Israel carried out airstrikes on areas near the central Syrian city of Homs early Sunday causing material damage but no casualties, the Syrian military said in a statement. A Syrian anti-aircraft missile exploded over Israeli territory, the Israeli military said, prompting another round...

The Syrian regime’s Interior Ministry issued a list of promotions and appointments for the ministry's officers, with a number of officers being appointed to leadership positions. The Ministry of Defense also promoted and appointed a number of its officers, as Brigadier General Asif Al-Daker...