02/02/2015

At least seven civilians were killed and 20 injured on Sunday when a bus blew up in Syria's capital of Damascus near the Al Hamidiya marketplace, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The bus had Lebanese registry and Shiite…

A bomb placed on a bus ferrying Lebanese pilgrims around Shia holy sites in Damascus exploded Sunday, killing at least seven people, according to Syrian activists and Lebanese media. The bombing underscored the sectarian nature of…

BEIRUT: At least seven people were killed when a blast ripped through a bus carrying Shia pilgrims in a central district of the Syrian capital on Sunday, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not…

(Reuters) - Islamic State militants are withdrawing from areas around the Syrian town of Kobani, a group monitoring the war said on Monday, after Kurdish and Arab fighters met little resistance as they seized new ground overnight.…

Agence France Presse   BEIRUT: Syrian government airstrikes in an opposition-held town in the southern province of Daraa Monday killed at least 12 civilians and wounded two dozen more, an activist group said. "Twelve civilians…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Kurdish forces known as the YPG had taken 13 villages since Sunday night. World Bulletin / News Desk ISIL militants are withdrawing from areas around the Syrian town of Kobani, a group…

By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON — To the young Syrian rebel fighter, the Skype message in early December 2013 appeared to come from a woman in Lebanon, named Iman Almasri, interested in his cause. Her picture, in a small…

Jordan said it was still ready to hand over a jailed Iraqi militant to Islamic State in a swap deal if its captured pilot was released. Jordan's security and military agencies were making constant checks to see whether the pilot, Muath…

Agence France Presse   ISTANBUL: Everything seems normal as passengers stream out of a routine flight from a Middle Eastern country after landing at a major Turkish international airport. But as they cross the air bridge from the…

The Daily Star   BAALBEK, Lebanon: The Lebanese Army is pushing ahead with preemptive strikes, shelling the outskirts of the northeastern Bekaa Valley area of Ras Baalbek to prevent any attack by Islamist militants deployed on the…