Middle East
Syrian army make gains after Russian airstrikes
Russian war planes pounded Syrian rebels unaffiliated with Islamic State on Sunday, insurgents said, helping Moscow\'s ally Bashar al-Assad reclaim territory and ...Islamic State leaders killed in air strike, Iraq Says
Eight senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in western Iraq, but the ...Turkey mourns bomb blast victims, seeks to identify attackers
Turkish investigators worked on Sunday to identify the perpetrators and victims of Saturday\'s bomb blasts which killed at least 95 people in ...Iran tests new long-range missile
Iran announced Sunday it had successfully tested a new domestically produced long-range missile, which it said was the first that could be ...Israeli strike on Hamas in Gaza kills Palestinian woman, child
An Israeli air strike on a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip on Sunday brought down a nearby house killing a Palestinian ...Deadly bomb blast rocks Turkish capital
At least 86 people were killed when twin explosions hit a rally of hundreds of pro-Kurdish and leftist activists outside Ankara\'s main ...Unrest spreads to Gaza as Israeli troops kill six Palestinians
A week of violence between Israelis and Palestinians spread to the Gaza Strip Saturday, with Israeli troops killing six in clashes on ...Iran Revolutionary Guards commander killed in Syria
Islamic State group jihadists have killed a senior commander in Iran\'s Revolutionary Guards in Syria, the elite branch of the Iranian military ...Suspected Saudi-led air strike kills 13 at Yemen wedding
A suspected Saudi-led air strike killed at least 13 people at a wedding in a rebel-held town in Yemen, witnesses and the ...Obama apologizes for Kunduz attack, MSF demands independent probe
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday apologized to Medecins Sans Frontieres for the deadly bombing of its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, while ...




