BEIRUT, LEBANON, Maya Gebeily- Thousands of civilians have fled a stronghold of the Islamic State group in northern Syria almost surrounded by a US-backed fighters seeking to cut a key supply...

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA, Ian Timberlake, with Omar Hasan in Kuwait- The Saudi cabinet has approved a major plan to diversify the national economy away from oil and to generate 450,000 non-government...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The Pentagon is not coordinating militarily with Russia in northern Syria, even though US- and Moscow-backed forces are drawing closer together as they make gains against...

BAQAA, JORDAN, Kamal Taha with Mussa Hattar in Amman- Jordanian authorities have arrested a suspect accused of gunning down five intelligence agents on Monday in their office at a Palestinian refugee...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rana Moussaoui- Russian-backed Syrian troops pushed into the Islamic State group's bastion province Raqa Saturday, threatening to catch the jihadists in a pincer movement as...

ATHENS, GREECE, Catherine Boitard with Rim Bishti in Tripoli- Greek rescuers were searching for survivors Friday after a migrant boat sank off the island of Crete, leaving at least nine people dead...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Syrian rebels advancing on Islamic State group fighters in the strategic northern city of Manbij have seized more than 40 square miles (100 square kilometers) this week,...

ALEPPO, SYRIA, Karam al-Masri with Layal Abou Rahal in Beirut- Syria's regime killed dozens of civilians with air strikes in and around Aleppo city on Friday, even as it agreed to allow access for...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rana Moussaoui with Nina Larson in Geneva- Helicopters could be used to deliver aid to besieged areas of Syria, the UN said Thursday, on the eve of an emergency meeting of the...