DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday said his enemies have increased support for rebels fighting his regime as loyalists backed by Russia and Iran push an offensive to regain...

MNIHLA, TUNISIA, Mounir Souissi- On Tuesday morning, Houssam Abdelli quickly finished his coffee at a cafe on the outskirts of Tunis where he and his friends would gather to watch their favourite...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Fulya Ozerkan with Maria Antonova in Moscow- Moscow slapped sanctions on Ankara on Friday as the war of words over a downed Russian warplane escalated, with Turkish strongman Recep...

AL-HOL, SYRIA, Delil Souleiman- Outside her home in a town of northeast Syria, four-year-old Baydaa scribbles on a leaflet of religious rules left behind by the Islamic State group as they fled...

TUNIS, TUNISIA, Ines Bel Aiba- Tunisia's leaders faced calls Thursday to rethink their strategy in the fight against extremism following a suicide bombing by the Islamic State group that killed a...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- US soldiers are in Kobane, the town in northern Syria nearly destroyed in fierce fighting with the Islamic State group, to train Kurdish forces to battle the jihadists, Kurdish...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Sabine Wibaux and Maria Panina- French President Francois Hollande and Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed Thursday to coordinate strikes against Islamic State, but differences over...

ANKARA, TURKEY- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Barack Obama on Tuesday agreed on the need to reduce tensions and prevent a repeat of similar incidents after Turkish forces...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called for urgent measures to de-escalate tensions after Turkey shot down a Russian fighter plane on the Syrian border. Ban...