Beirut, Buses carrying evacuated Islamic State militants and members of their families have reportedly reached IS-held territory in eastern Syria. Syria’s government allowed the convoy to travel across the country as part of a deal…

BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah has declared victory in the Syrian war while Russia said government forces had driven militants from much of the country where President Bashar al-Assad’s rule seemed in…

Aden, Five suspected al Qaeda militants were killed in drone strikes on two villages in Yemen’s al Baida governorate on Saturday, a local official and residents said. “The strikes targeted two villages where al Qaeda…

Damascus, A Russian air attack in Syria’s Deir Az Zor has killed at least 40 fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group, including several of the…

Damascus, The Syrian army says Israeli jets have attacked a military base in the west of the country, amid reports of a strike on a suspected chemical weapons site. A statement said rockets fired from…

Damascus, The Syrian military has broken a siege of the eastern city of Deir al-Zour, surrounded for years by so-called Islamic State, state media say. The official Sana news agency reported that troops and allied…

Damascus, Syria’s army and its allies have advanced towards ISIL-held Deir Az Zor city after capturing the al-Kharata oil field, a war monitor said on Sunday. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has focused this year on…

Beirut: A convoy of ISIS fighters and their families left the Lebanon-Syria border region on Monday under Syrian military escort, surrendering their enclave and travelling to eastern Syria after a week-long battle. A line of…