WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The Pentagon said Wednesday that US air strikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State group may have killed 119 civilians since 2014, a figure far lower than casualty...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Jennie Matthew with Dave Clark in Washington- Political novice and former reality TV star Donald Trump has defeated Hillary Clinton to take the US presidency, stunning...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- At least seven children and two pregnant women were killed in an air strike on Syria's rebel stronghold province of Idlib on Tuesday, a monitor said. The strike, which hit the town...
BASHIQA, IRAQ, Maya Gebeily with Delil Souleiman in Ain Issa, Syria- Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from the Islamic State group, an official said Tuesday, as...
AIN, ISSA, SYRIA, Delil Souleiman with Sarah Benhaida in Mosul- US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces launched an offensive Sunday on the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital Raqa, upping pressure...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Brigitte Dusseau- Estelle Liebow Schultz, who is 98, was born before her fellow countrywomen had the right to vote. Now she has proudly cast a ballot for the candidate she...
BAGHDAD, IRAQ- Elite Iraqi forces are facing tough resistance as they battle the Islamic State group in eastern Mosul. Here are some facts about the country's biggest military operation in years:...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Thomas Watkins- After Iraqi security forces eventually recapture Mosul, the Islamic State group will be left with only Raqa in neighboring Syria as a bastion, and the...
ALEPPO, SYRIA, Karam al-Masri- A unilateral Russian-declared ceasefire for Syria's Aleppo ended on Friday evening, marred by rebel fire on evacuation routes and with no sign any civilians or rebels...
MOSUL, IRAQ, Sarah Benhaida- Jihadist fighters unleashed a deluge of bombs and gunfire Friday on Iraqi forces punching into the streets of Mosul for the first time, forcing some units into a partial...