MOSUL, IRAQ, Tony Gamal-Gabriel- Iraqi special forces battling the Islamic State group on Friday pushed deeper into west Mosul, where a commander said jihadist resistance is showing signs of...
BEIT JALA, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES- Hundreds of bereaved Palestinian and Israeli women marched through the West Bank on Friday against the Israeli occupation, in an International Women's Day event....
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Paul Handley- Increasingly unable to mount centrally planned, big-impact attacks, the Islamic State group now relies on "virtual entrepreneurs" who work independently from...
ANKARA, TURKEY- A Syrian military pilot whose aircraft crashed in Turkey near the two countries' border is in hospital having been found after a nine-hour search, the Anadolu news agency said Sunday....
MOSUL, IRAQ, Tony Gamal-Gabriel with Delil Souleiman in Manbij- Tens of thousands of civilians have fled offensives against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, where the jihadists are battling...
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- Syria's opposition is counting on the new US Trump administration to play a "positive" role to end the country's six-year war, after "catastrophic" policy mistakes under...
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Danny Kemp- The European Parliament on Thursday lifted French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's immunity from prosecution over her tweeting of images of Islamic...
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Maya Gebeily- Syrian troops have pushed into Palmyra as they battle to retake the iconic city from the Islamic State group, but their advance was slowed Thursday by landmines laid by...
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA- Two women will be charged with the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, who was assassinated with a lethal nerve agent at Kuala Lumpur's main airport, Malaysia's attorney general said...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- The UN Security Council will vote Tuesday on a draft resolution that would impose sanctions on Syria for the use of chemical weapons, diplomats said. Russia has vowed...