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Russia advances in Kursk region of western Russia Russian special forces creep along gas pipeline Russia seeking to encircle Ukrainian forces Zelenskiy briefed by his commander-in-chief MOSCOW ...

The surprise toppling of the murderous Assad regime in December by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its coalition of armed rebels was met with a mixture of joy, disbelief and anxiety by ...

Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Sunday that its forces had recaptured settlements in western Kursk region seized by Ukraine last August, and said its forces also advanced in Ukraine's Sumy region.

A mass grave containing the remains of security and police personnel was discovered near the city of Qardaha in northwestern Syria, the state news agency SANA reported on Sunday. “A horrific ...

Russian special forces crept through a disused gas pipeline for several miles to launch a surprise attack on Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region, Ukraine's military and pro-Moscow war bloggers ...

Ukraine has said its forces thwarted a surprise attack conducted by Russia through a gas pipeline in Kursk on Sunday, claiming enemy losses were “very high”. Russian special forces crept about ...

Syrian security forces thwarted on Sunday an attack by remnants of the former Assad regime on the SADCOP petroleum company in Latakia in northwestern Syria. The state news agency SANA, citing a ...

The Joint Security Forces, led by the police, ambushed a group of bandits in Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area of Katsina State on Saturday night, neutralizing several of them, including two ...

The gunfire began at dawn on Friday in the town of al-Haffa on Syria’s Mediterranean coast. At first, Wala, a 29-year-old resident of the town, leaped off her bed to the corner of the room in ...

Syrian security forces on Sunday fired in the air to disperse rival protests after pro-government demonstrators clashed with a gathering mourning dead civilians, following the reported mass killings ...

A Syria war monitor reported on Saturday (March 8, 2025) that more than 300 civilians from the Alawite minority have been killed in recent days by security forces and their allies, as authorities ...