At least three women were killed and five children injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian civil defence said.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is heading to Syria to encourage the transition in the country following the ouster ...

This year is starting as 2024 ended: in a tangle of overlapping conflicts.

Petraeus, a former CIA director and decorated 4-star Army general, spoke at an event in Salt Lake City on Friday.

Russia is openly using chemical weapons against Ukraine. Ukraine’s army support services say Russia has carried out 4,800 ...

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Ukraine's army hit a supermarket in the Russian-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine this morning, a senior Russian-backed official has said. Denis Pushilin accused the Ukrainian army of using ...