Israel launches air strikes near Syria capital kill 3 civilians
Israeli launched air strikes near the Syrian capital killing three civilians, the Syrian air defences had downed…
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Explosions, air strikes, hit Libyan capital Tripoli overnight
Several air strikes and explosions shook the Libyan capital Tripoli overnight, residents said, in an escalation of…
Oil markets tense after western strikes on Syria, but rising US drilling weighs
Oil prices fell on Monday as markets opened the week cautiously following western air strikes in Syria over the…
Oil prices near 2014 highs over warnings of western air strikes against Syria
Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday, adding to steep gains in the previous session, as markets eyed an escalation…
U.N. demands Syria ceasefire as air strikes pound rebel areas
The United Nations called on Tuesday for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Syria of at least a month, as…
Russia accuses U.S. of pretending to fight IS in Syria, Iraq
Russia accused the United States on Tuesday of pretending to fight Islamic State and of deliberately reducing its…
Syrian army strikes rebels near Hama: monitor
Syrian army and its allies launched air strikes against rebels north of the city of Hama on Thursday after…
U.S.-backed Syrian forces seize Raqqa mosque: coalition
U.S.-backed Syrian militias have taken the historic old city of Raqqa and its ancient mosque as they press their…
Syria army takes last IS-held town in Homs: Monitor
Syria's army seized the last Islamic State group stronghold in the country's Homs province on Saturday, clearing…
Syrian Observatory says eight killed in Ghouta air strikes
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said overnight air strikes killed at least eight people in the rebel-held…
Syrians say militants shoot escapees, air strikes kill civilians as Raqqa battle…
Islamic State militants in Raqqa are passing themselves off as civilians to try to avoid intensifying air strikes…
Shoukry: ‘Egyptian air strikes on terrorist strongholds in Libya legitimate…
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has told his US counterpart Rex Tillerson that Egyptian air strikes on…
U.S.-led coalition denies air strikes on militant held Syrian town
The U.S-led coalition on Tuesday denied its warplanes bombed a Syrian border town in the Islamic held eastern…
Oil prices firm on strong demand, political uncertainty in Syria
Oil prices were firm on Monday, supported by strong demand and political uncertainty in Syria, although another…
Syrian government urges UN chief to avert ‘looming dam catastrophe’
Syria's government urged U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to demand that a U.S.-led military campaign…
Syria’s opposition to not attend peace talks in Astana
The Syrian opposition will not attend peace talks due to start on Tuesday in the Kazakh capital Astana, blaming…
Syria’s forces restore water-pumping station in Aleppo: monitor
Russian-backed Syrian government forces on Tuesday retook from the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group a pumping…
Chemical weapons injure 7 in Iraq’s Mosul: Red Cross
Seven people, among them five children, have been hospitalised over the past two days near Iraq's Mosul with…
Iraqi forces storm airport in bid to retake city: Mosul offensive
Iraqi security forces have launched an attack on Mosul airport, a key part of the government's offensive to drive…
Iraq’s government begins battle to free western Mosul from ISIS
Iraqi government forces have launched an offensive to liberate the western part of the city of Mosul from so-called…
Saudis to probe deadly air strikes on Yemen funeral hall
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting Yemeni rebels has said it will launch an investigation after more than 140…
IS ‘loses more than a quarter of its territory’ in Syria and Iraq
So-called Islamic State (IS) has lost more than a quarter of the territory it once controlled, new data shows.…
Russia vetoes U.N. demand to end bombing of Syria’s Aleppo
Russia vetoed a French-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution on Saturday that would have demanded an end to…
Moscow says strikes on Syria army threaten U.S.-Russia ceasefire plan
Moscow stepped up its war of words with Washington on Sunday, saying air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition on the…
No permanent Russia base for Syria strikes: Iran official
The speaker of Iran's parliament stressed on Wednesday that Russia does not have a permanent military base within…
Arab coalition raid on Yemen school kills 10 children
Saudi-led air strikes on a school in a rebel-held province of northern Yemen have killed 10 children and wounded…
War planes strike six Syrian towns in Aleppo province despite ceasfire
War planes attacked six Syrian towns in the western part of Aleppo province on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for…
Saudi Arabia confirms sending aircraft to Turkey for IS group fight
Saudi Arabia confirmed late on Saturday it sent aircraft to NATO-member Turkey's Incirlik air base for the fight…
8 children dead after Russia strike hits Syria school: Monitor
At least eight children were killed along with their teacher in a Russian air strike that hit a school in Syria's…
Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of Yemen embassy air strike
Saudi warplanes "deliberately" struck Iran's embassy in Yemen in an air raid that wounded staff, Tehran said…
U.S.-led air strikes have cut ISIS oil revenues: U.S. military
U.S.-led coalition air strikes against ISIS oil facilities have cut the militant group's oil revenues by about 30…
US and allies conduct 24 airstrikes against Islamic State
The United States and its allies conducted 24 air strikes against ISIS in Iraq on Thursday, the U.S. military said…
Russia bombs nearly 1,500 Syrian targets, oil fields
Russian airforce has struck nearly 1,500 targets all over Syria over the past nine days, the military stated, its…
Britain begins its first air strikes in Syria
Britain carried out its first air strikes against ISIS militants in Syria Thursday, just hours after a…
British parliament likely to vote for Syria air strikes
Britain's parliament is likely to vote on Wednesday to approve air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria…
Saudi-led strikes illegally kill civilians in Yemen: HRW
At least ten air strikes carried out by a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen broke the laws of war and killed civilians,…
US conducts air strike on ISIS leader in Libya
The U.S. military launched an air strike targeting the ISIS leader in Libya, U.S. officials told Reuters on…
U.S., Russian aircraft conduct safety test in skies over Syria
A U.S. fighter aircraft and a Russian fighter aircraft conducted a communication test in skies over south central…
Turkish, US air strikes kill more than 50 Islamic State militants in Syria
Air strikes by Turkish and U.S. aircraft in Syria on Saturday killed more than 50 Islamic State militants and…
Russian military says struck 83 targets in Syria over past 24 hours
Russian jets hit 83 targets in Syria over the past 24 hours, Russia's military said Wednesday, ramping up its…