Syria's defense minsitry said it reinforced its border with Lebanon, and eight Syrian and Lebanese sources said this included rocket ‌units and thousands of

About 250 Iowa National Guard soldiers returned home two months after a deadly attack and amid a phased Middle East drawdown.

Syrian ⁠forces ⁠have taken control of the strategic al-Tanf military base near the border with Iraq and Jordan, the Syrian defence ministry has said, amid the withdrawal of a longstanding United States troop presence at the base. The ministry said in a ...

A senior Syrian security source familiar with intelligence reports said: “There are indications that some ISIS detainees managed to escape from certain prisons during the past months. ” Seven years

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Two U.S. soldiers and one civilian U.S. interpreter were killed in Syria on Saturday after they were ambushed by a likely ISIS gunman, U.S. officials said. The gunman was killed by "partner forces" during a skirmish, according to Defense ...

The remains of Staff Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, one of the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert, is moved during a dignified transfer at the Des Moines International Airport in Des Moines on ...

The camp, located near the Iraqi border, had long housed relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) members alongside civilians displaced by years of conflict. Syrian authorities said Wednesday that