Iran and Russia to hold a joint naval drill in northern part of the Indian Ocean in the “near future.” Iran’s army test fired a sophisticated short-range missile on Sunday, state media reported.

The extremist group was supposed to have lost its last scrap of territory in Syria in March 2019, but in recent months it has ramped up attacks against regime forces, especially in the east of the country bordering Iraq. US forces in Syria are focused on fighting the remnants of …

Israel fired several missiles early on Monday targeting areas near the Syrian capital, Damascus, Syria’s state news agency reported. An opposition war-monitoring group said the strikes killed six Iran-backed fighters.