BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rouba El Husseini- The international coalition battling the Islamic State group will begin a final push on the jihadists' Syrian stronghold Raqa in the coming days, French Defence...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The US military provided air and artillery support -- and transported local forces -- in an offensive for a vitally important dam near the Islamic State group's stronghold...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres travels to Jordan next week to attend an Arab summit following a row over the release of a UN report accusing Israel of being an...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA- Russia's foreign ministry on Monday said it had summoned Israel's ambassador over air strikes close to Moscow's forces near the historic Syrian city of Palmyra. Deputy foreign...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA, Maher al-Mounes with Maya Gebeily in Beirut- Heavy air strikes hammered opposition-held neighbourhoods of Syria's capital on Monday after regime forces pushed back a surprise assault...

JERUSALEM, UNDEFINED- Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday threatened to destroy Syrian air defence systems after they fired ground-to-air missiles at Israeli warplanes carrying out...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Heavy clashes rocked eastern districts of the Syrian capital on Sunday as rebels and jihadists tried to fight their way into the city centre in a surprise assault on government...

MOSUL, IRAQ- Iraqi forces backed by helicopter strikes engaged in heavy fighting with jihadists on the outskirts of the Old City on Sunday as they pressed an offensive to recapture west Mosul. The...

AL-JINEH, SYRIA, Omar Haj Kadour with Maya Gebeily in Beirut- The US said Friday it carried out an air strike in Syria against an Al-Qaeda meeting but denied hitting a mosque where a monitor said 49...