MOSCOW - Russia said Tuesday that Syrian government forces had taken control of the city of Manbij, after Damascus deployed troops to the country’s north to contain a Turkish offensive. “The Syrian government army has full control over the city of Manbij and nearby settlements,” the Russian ...

DAMASCUS - Syrian military air defenses shot down several missiles launched by Israel into the southern parts of the country on Sunday. Syrian state media said that the air defense systems thwarted an Israeli air aggression and prevented it from achieving any of its goals. An Israeli military ...

A Syrian military official told state media the depot was hit, and three soldiers were injured. Syria said most of the missiles were intercepted. Israel has not confirmed the strikes. It said it activated its air defence systems to bring down a Syrian missile. There were no casualties or damage to ...

DAMASCUS - Syrian state media said on Saturday air defenses had confronted a “hostile target” breaching the country’s air space west of the capital Damascus in the early hours of the morning. State news agency SANA, quoting its correspondent, said there were reports of “air defenses ...

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military says it has shot down a Syrian fighter jet that entered its airspace. The military says it monitored the advance of the Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet Tuesday and shot it down with a pair of Patriot missiles after it entered Israeli airspace by about two ...

BEIRUT: Syrian military air defences struck an Israeli warplane and shot down Israeli missiles targeting the T4 air base in Homs province in response to an act of “aggression” on Sunday night, Syrian state media said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said Israel does not comment on ...

Iraq has launched an air attack on a gathering of Islamic State leaders inside neighboring Syria, killing 45 members of the hardline militant group, its military said on Saturday. F-16 fighter jets destroyed three houses on Friday which were connected by a trench in the town of Hajin, where the ...

DAMASCUS - Syrian government forces used warplanes, helicopters and artillery on Sunday to pound districts of the capital held by the Islamic State group. The operation was a part of the bid to enforce an evacuation deal reached with the militants earlier in this week. The militants agreed to ...

LONDON: Three Iranians were killed in an air strike on a Syrian air base near Homs on Sunday, Iran’s Fars news agency said, as Syria and its main ally Russia blamed Israel for carrying out the attack. Israel has not confirmed or denied mounting the raid, but Israeli officials said the Tiyas, or ...

DAMASCUS: Syria and its Russian ally accused Israel on Monday of carrying out a deadly dawn bombing raid on a military airbase, as global outrage mounted over an alleged poison gas attack outside Damascus. US President Donald Trump and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron had vowed a strong ...