WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- US Apache helicopters have struck an Islamic State target for the first time in Iraq, the Pentagon said Monday. The sophisticated attack choppers destroyed an IS car bomb...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- A UN team is making progress in its investigation of nine chemical weapons attacks in Syria but it has yet to identify the perpetrators, a report said Monday. The Joint...

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Bryan McManus- Britain leaving the European Union would strip the bloc of a nuclear-armed global player and prove "disastrous" for its presence on the world stage, analysts say....

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rana Moussaoui- Air strikes on a market in Syria's Al-Qaeda-held city of Idlib killed at least 21 civilians Sunday, as hundreds fled a besieged Islamic State group bastion near the...

SIRTE, LIBYA, Hamza Turkia- Forces loyal to Libya's unity government fought deadly street battles with the Islamic State group in Sirte on Friday, as they pressed an offensive to capture the...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rana Moussaoui- Western powers lashed out at Syria's government on Friday, accusing regime forces of dropping barrel bombs on the town of Daraya hours after it received its first...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Stuart Williams- A court in Turkey has sentenced a Turkish man to 108 years in jail for sexually assaulting at least eight Syrian children at a flagship refugee camp, reports said...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- The United Nations said Wednesday it has received approval from the Syrian government for aid deliveries to three more besieged areas including Daraya where there have...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- A US-backed Kurdish and Arab alliance is set to attack an Islamic State-held city in northern Syria within days, a military spokesman said Wednesday, helping clear the way...