Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Israel Air Force fighter jet on the way to strike targets in Iran on March 4, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON Targets hit ...

Syria's military is reported to be prepared to use sarin, a potent nerve gas, posing an obvious threat to Syrian civilians -- and to the rest of the world. What is sarin? What other chemical weapons ...

Damascus is treading carefully to avoid being pulled into the region’s escalating tensions, but Syrian-Israeli friction has resurfaced after Israel struck Syrian army sites and military infrastructure ...

Israel struck a Syrian command center and weapons supplies in retaliation for attacks by the Damascus government on members of the Druze religious minority, the Israeli military said Friday morning. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syrian soldiers inspect a tunnel on the Lebanon border in the Qusayr area (Bakr ALkasem) (Bakr ALkasem/AFP/AFP) In rugged terrain ...

The advance of the Syrian Army into Kurdish regions could put nearly all the country under one authority. But it ends a dream of autonomy for ethnic Kurds. By Carlotta Gall, Hussam Hammoud and Nanna ...