DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syrian authorities have released two prominent members of the domestic opposition who were arrested on Wednesday as they travelled to Riyadh to meet other regime opponents, their...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, Abdul Hadi Habtor- The killing of a Syrian rebel chief in an air raid last week does not serve the peace process in the war-ravaged country, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel...

RAMADI, IRAQ, Ahmad al-Rubaye with Jean-Marc Mojon in Baghdad- Iraq declared the city of Ramadi liberated from the Islamic State group Monday and raised the national flag over its government complex...

GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES- Palestinians in Gaza and on social media have expressed outrage over the death of a naked man who was shot as he crossed from the Gaza Strip into Egypt. Video has...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- A Syrian activist who produced documentaries hostile to the Islamic State group was assassinated in Turkey Sunday, according to the group with which he worked, "Raqa is Being...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the secretive leader of the Islamic State group, called for an uprising in Saudi Arabia and pledged to attack Israel, in an audio recording released Saturday...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- The United Nations hopes to convene peace talks between Syria's government and opposition on January 25, it said Saturday, a day after the killing of a powerful rebel leader who...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Maya Gebeily- Powerful Syrian rebel chief Zahran Alloush was killed in an air strike claimed by the regime on Friday, dealing blows to both the nearly five-year uprising and a...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Tony Gamal-Gabriel with Becky Davis in Beijing- Syria's regime said Thursday it was ready to take part in new talks in Geneva aimed at ending the war, but appeared to make its...