LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES, Jocelyne Zablit- The US Justice Department faced tough questioning Tuesday as it urged a court of appeals to reinstate President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting...

AMMAN, JORDAN- Jordan said on Saturday its warplanes have bombed Islamic State group positions in southern Syria two years after one of its pilots was captured and killed by the jihadists. The...

PALM BEACH, UNITED STATES, Andrew Beatty- The US Justice Department on Saturday appealed a temporary block of Donald Trump's travel ban on citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries, after the...

AL-HOL, SYRIA, Delil Souleiman- Syrians fleeing the Islamic State group in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor are taking dangerous smuggling routes through mined territory to reach safety, but harsh...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syria's military said Thursday it had captured a string of towns and part of a key highway from the Islamic State group in the northern province of Aleppo. Since launching a broad...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- The Syrian army said on Sunday that it had recaptured a flashpoint area from rebels near Damascus that supplies water to the capital. Wadi Barada had been the scene of fierce...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Andrew Beatty- Donald Trump hurtled through his first week in power, punching out at critics, dishing up "alternative facts," polarizing public opinion and making good on...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Syria's main opposition leaders on Thursday turned down an invitation from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for talks in Moscow. High Negotiations Committee spokesman Riyad...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- US defense chief James Mattis still favors the current rules banning the use of torture in prisoner interrogations, the Pentagon said Thursday, the day after President...