Press TV - Syrian military has announced that its missile defense system successfully intercepted and downed Israeli missiles fired at an airport in the capital Damascus. The official SANA agency said late Saturday that the military had thwarted an "Israeli aggression," adding that a number of enemy missiles fired at the Damascus International ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Nearly 50 Iranians headed home after being freed by Syrian rebels in a prisoner swap were stranded on Thursday at the Damascus airport by bad weather that has swept the Middle East. In northern Syria, rebels linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network battled army troops inside a military helicopter base in Idlib province. The ...