BEIRUT, LEBANON, Maya Gebeily- An alliance of Syrian rebel forces seized a key army base in the south of the country on Tuesday in a new setback for the regime's embattled troops. The Southern Front...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- US President Barack Obama on Monday tapped Syria envoy Daniel Rubinstein to become the next ambassador to Tunisia, a sign of the North African country's growing strategic...
JERUSALEM, UNDEFINED- A far-right Israeli minister on Sunday called for the international community to endorse his country's 1981 annexation of Syria's Golan Heights, where he called for increased...
MADRID, SPAIN- An international military intervention could be needed to end unrest in Libya, where the Islamic State group is gaining a foothold, Spanish Defence Minister Pedro Morenes said in an...
BAGHDAD, IRAQ- Iraqi security forces backed by air support used anti-tank missiles to repel Islamic State group suicide bombers driving explosives-rigged vehicles in Anbar province on Saturday,...
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rana Moussaoui- Jihadists from the Islamic State group pressed their campaign Friday to capture Hasakeh, a provincial capital in northeast Syria, in fierce battles with government...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to add Israel to an annual "List of Shame" of children's rights violators, after more than 500...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- At least 37 people were killed in government barrel bomb attacks in northern Syria on Wednesday, a monitoring group said, while in the northeast Islamic State jihadists neared the...
TEHRAN, IRAN- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused Arab and Western governments of miscalculating in their backing for Syrian rebels as the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group...
BAGHDAD, IRAQ- Islamic State group jihadists have closed the gates of a dam in the Iraqi city of Ramadi which they seized last month, posing a humanitarian and security threat, officials said...
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