Syria

Iranian state television says some passengers and crew were hurt on Mahan Air Flight 1152 in the incident.

He was detained at the notorious Branch 251 jail near Damascus.

They say a cease-fire will come into force in Idlib at midnight.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he hopes to broker a cease-fire in Syria later this week.

The slain Iranian general led Iran's armed support for Assad in Syria's now nearly 9-year-old civil war.

This year, Santa's sleigh and reindeer were apparently swapped for a workhorse CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a series of warnings recently about Iranian aggression throughout the Middle East and has vowed to respond firmly.

Cheney says the lack of U.S. involvement in that arrangement is problematic.

Vice President Mike Pence says that Turkey has agreed to a cease-fire in Syria.

Russia has long urged the U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters in Syria to come back to Damascus' fold, an offer they may need to take more seriously now.