Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly fled the capital of Damascus after three top security officials were killed on Wednesday, as an "information blackout" has gone into effect about his whereabouts. Reports from Arab media, opposition figures, and western...
Syrian rebels have taken control of all the border crossings and military outposts between Iraq and Syria, according to senior Iraqi officials. "All the border points between Iraq and Syria are under the control of the Free Syrian Army," Baghdad's Deputy Interior...
Syrian rebels attacked two of the four major military outposts along the border with Iraq, killing 21 Syrian soldiers and seizing control of the base, according to a senior Iraqi official. "We have security concerns because the border crossing now is out of the Syria...
Syrian military forces shelled neighborhoods in Damascus on Thursday, a day after rebels bombed a government building in the capital, killing three senior regime officials close to President Bashar al-Assad. As the violence seems to escalate to new levels, Russia and...
Chief executives from Lockheed Martin Corporation have predicted they may have to fire 10,000 workers if sequestration budget cuts are forced on Congress, but prophecies of economic doom if defense spending is cut aren't up to snuff. Former Vice President Dick Cheney,...
Up to 22 NATO trucks carrying supplies to foreign troops in Afghanistan were destroyed on Wednesday by a bomb planted by Taliban insurgents, according to a Taliban statement and police reports. "Eighteen fuel trucks and four supply vehicles were parked in Aibak, the...
Russia accused the countries supporting the Syrian rebel militias of inciting further violence following a bomb attack in Damascus that killed three top security officials, including Defense Minister Gen. Daoud Rajha and Asef Shawkat, the deputy military chief of...
Six Israeli tourists were killed when a bus exploded in the southeastern European country of Bulgaria on Wednesday. Israeli officials have accused Iran of being behind the attack and have promised harsh retaliation. The tourists had just arrived after a flight from...
The Pentagon is building a missile defense radar station at a covert location in Qatar as part of a larger plan to beef up US military presence and activity in the Middle East and further threaten Iran by militarizing its neighbors. The system is intended to expand...
Iran’s proposals after in multiple rounds of nuclear talks are "non-starters," said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday while meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. "I made very clear that the proposals that we have seen from Iran thus far...
