CAIRO, EGYPT, Samer al-Atrush- Cairo carried out air strikes against Islamic State group targets in Libya on Monday after the jihadists posted a video showing the beheadings of 21 Egyptian...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- President Barack Obama's request for congressional permission to wage war against the Islamic State group doesn't go far enough to defeat the jihadist fighters, the US...

CAIRO, EGYPT, Samer Al-Atrush / Abdelhalim Abdallah- The Islamic State group in Libya released a video on Sunday purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians, prompting Egypt's...

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, Sören Billing with Hugues Honore in Stockholm- A gunman killed at least one person and wounded three police officers after opening fire Saturday on a cultural centre in...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Nearly 100 fighters on both sides have been killed in a week of fighting in southern Syria between regime forces and rebels, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday....

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Most residents in opposition-held areas of Syria's Aleppo favour the UN's proposal of a "freeze" in fighting, but are sceptical that a truce will hold, a survey published Thursday...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Syrian air force bombardment of a besieged rebel-held area east of Damascus has left poorly equipped doctors barely able to treat the wounded, a medical charity said Wednesday. In...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Andrew Beatty- President Barack Obama said he would not flinch from sending US special forces to kill Islamic State leaders, as he called for Congress to authorize military...

AMMAN, JORDAN- Bahrain's ruler has told his Jordanian counterpart that he is ready to assist the kingdom in its fight against the Islamic State group, the royal palace in Amman said Monday. King...