RAQA, SYRIA, Delil Souleiman with Maya Gebeily in Beirut- US-backed Syrian fighters seized a second district of Raqa on Sunday and launched a renewed assault on a base north of the city, as they...

BERLIN, GERMANY, Frank Zeller- German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Monday meet African leaders in Berlin on initiatives aiming to reduce the poverty and conflict driving a mass migrant influx to...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ- Iraq's paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi forces said Saturday that they had retaken all areas west of Mosul from the Islamic State group except the town of Tal Afar. The umbrella...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- US-backed Syrian fighters broke into the western part of the Islamic State group's stronghold Raqa on Saturday, they and a monitor said, opening up a second front inside the northern...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Arthur Macmillan- More than an hour after James Comey started his testimony dozens of people were still waiting in line for a seat at Shaw's Tavern, where Thursday's drama...

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Natacha Yazbeck- Efforts to resolve a diplomatic dispute pitting Saudi Arabia and its allies against Qatar intensified Thursday, after Washington offered to mediate the...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rana Moussaoui with Ayhem Al-Mohammad in Hasakeh- The battle by US-backed forces to oust the Islamic State group from its Syrian bastion of Raqa will solve one problem but create...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, MINDS GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT/DPA, Ivone Marschall- Omar lives in a small village near Syria's border with Turkey. The 31-year-old is a husband and a father of four. He used to work in...

VIENNA, AUSTRIA- An Austrian court on Friday sentenced to up to 10 years in jail two couples who took their children to live in an IS-controlled part of Syria and showed them execution videos. The...