CAIRO, EGYPT, Jo Biddle and Jay Deshmukh- International donors pledged about $5.4 billion in aid to the devastated Gaza Strip on Sunday and urged Israel and the Palestinians to renew peace efforts....

MURSITPINAR, TURKEY, Burak Akinci with Mohamad Ali Harissi in Beirut- Kurdish fighters halted a thrust by Islamic State jihadists towards the heart of the Syrian border town of Kobane Saturday, after...

WASHINGTON, US- US Secretary of State John Kerry left for Cairo Saturday to back calls to aid the Gaza Strip, amid fears donors may fail to raise $4 billion needed to rebuild the Palestinian...

WASHINGTON, US- Iraqi government forces are in a "tenuous" position in the west of the country but are holding out for the moment against Islamic State jihadists, US defense officials said Friday....

CAIRO, EGYPT, Samer al-Atrush- An infidel horde flying 80 banners meets a Muslim army at the Syrian town of Dabiq in an apocalyptic battle. The Muslims are decimated but ultimately prevail, ushering...

WASHINGTON, US- US-led aircraft pounded Islamic State militants near Kobane on Thursday as officials said the jihadists' bid to seize the Syrian border town had "exposed" them to warplanes overhead....

WASHINGTON, US- US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov next week in Paris with issues from Ukraine to Syria set to top the agenda. State Department...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Shebaa Farms, where the Lebanese militia Hezbollah claimed a Tuesday attack on Israeli forces that slightly wounded two soldiers, is a mountainous sliver of land rich in water...

RAMALLAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES- The Palestinian government of national consensus will hold its first cabinet meeting in Gaza this week, an official said Monday, after Fatah and Hamas overcame...