WASHINGTON- The commander of moderate Syrian rebels vowed Thursday that his forces would crush Islamic militants who have gained a foothold in his war-torn country, in a direct appeal to US...
BAGHDAD, Jean Marc Mojon, with Stephen Collinson- Elite Iraqi troops backed by US jets battled jihadists near Baghdad Wednesday as President Barack Obama insisted US ground troops would not be...
BEIRUT- Jihadists in a Syrian stronghold near Iraq have abandoned some bases and redeployed their forces and armour from other positions, with the US military poised to strike, activists said...
CAIRO- A leading activist of Egypt's 2011 revolution, Alaa Abdel Fattah, demanded on Wednesday the scrapping of a disputed protest law that the authorities imposed last year to crush opposition...
CAIRO- The "terrorist threat" in Libya must be addressed alongside the dangers of jihadists in Iraq and Syria at the upcoming UN General Assembly meeting, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian...
WASHINGTON, Michael Mathes- The top US Republican said Tuesday he backed President Barack Obama's "sound" plan to arm and train vetted Syrian rebels for battling extremists and called on Congress to...
WASHINGTON, Peter Stebbings- "All bases are covered" in a US-led multinational coalition against the Islamic State, John Kerry said, as Washington rallies diplomatic and public support to smash the...
PARIS, Myriam Chaplain Riou- Conjuring up the hedonistic world of 1980s New York -- the endless parties, reckless spending, casual sex and drugs -- was the easiest part of US writer Robert Goolrick's...
LONDON- Queen Elizabeth II hopes Scotland will "think very carefully" about their decision on whether to become an independent country in a closely-watched referendum, British media reported on...
WASHINGTON- With momentum building for international military action against Islamist extremists in Syria, the United States reiterated Friday it will not coordinate with strongman Bashar al-Assad in...
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