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Syrian soccer goalie who became rebel icon dies in battle

A Syrian soccer goalkeeper who became an icon of the rebellion against President Bashar Assad has died of wounds suffered in ...

Israel attacks Syrian base hours after hitting other targets

Israel fired missiles onto a Syrian military air base in the country's center late Sunday, killing a soldier and wounding two ...

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Car bomb kills 13 in rebel-held northern Syrian town

A car bomb killed at least 13 people Sunday night near a mosque in a northern town held by Turkey-backed fighters, and ...

Raed Alsaleh

Turkey, Russia face conflicts over Syria's push into Idlib

Ankara and Moscow are again facing an escalation of violence in Syria's last rebel-held territory, a development that puts ...

The Latest: Islamic summit defends Palestinian statehood

The Latest on developments in the Persian Gulf (all times local): 4:25 a.m. The world's largest organization of Islamic ...

Protesters in Iran, Iraq burn Israel, US flags on 'Quds Day'

Iranians in the capital Tehran set fire to effigies of President Donald Trump, while in the Iraqi capital, Iran-backed ...

2 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in separate events

Israeli police shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian near the West Bank separation barrier on Friday, Palestinian health ...

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu shows off Trump's map of Israel with Golan Heights

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, embroiled in political chaos after failing to assemble a governing coalition, ...

Syrian boy survives bombing that killed his mother, siblings

A 13-year-old boy emerged with a bloodied arm and swollen red eyes from under the rubble to the cries of rescue workers.

Satellite images show crops on fire in Syria rebel enclave

New satellite photos obtained on Tuesday show significant damage to Syrian villages and surrounding farmland as a result of ...

Syria, Israel exchange fire amid regional tension, 1 killed

Syria said an Israeli attack against a military post in the country's south on Monday killed a soldier and injured another.

Documents shine rare light on Syrian government crackdown

Thousands of documents purportedly collected from abandoned Syrian government offices during the country's civil war reveal ...

Russia says Syrian government forces halt fire in Idlib

Syrian government forces have unilaterally ceased fire in the northern Idlib province, the last major rebel stronghold, ...

Brawl suits against Turkey raise questions of law, diplomacy

Turkey's leader spoke of cooperation with the United States during a White House visit two years ago with President Donald ...

Aid groups say conditions in northwest Syria at crisis point

U.N. officials and dozens of international aid groups warned Friday that humanitarian conditions in Syria's northwest have ...

EU extends sanctions against Assad's Syria regime for a year

The European Union is prolonging sanctions against the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad for a year due to its ...

Iraqi airline set to resume flights to Syrian capital

Syria's Transport Ministry says Iraqi Airways is set to resume flights to the Syrian capital Damascus for the first time ...

The Latest: Some allies skeptical about US claims on Iran

The Latest on the United States and Iran (all times local): 9:50 p.m. Some U.S. allies are expressing skepticism about the ...

Donald Trump

Global worries flare over whether US sliding toward Iran war

International worries that the Trump administration is sliding toward war with Iran flared into the open Tuesday amid ...

Mike Pompeo, Vladimir Putin

The Latest: Kremlin open to any format for Trump meeting

The Latest on the visit to Russia by U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo (all times local): 11:45 p.m. Russian President Vladimir ...