SWEIMEH, JORDAN- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met Saudi King Salman on the sidelines of an Arab summit in Jordan on Wednesday to break the ice after months of apparent tensions between the...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Maya Gebeily with Delil Souleiman at Tabqa Dam- Four Syrian towns are to be evacuated under an agreement between pro-government forces and rebels, in the latest of a series of deals...

TABQA DAM, SYRIA, Rouba El-Husseini- US-backed forces battled the Islamic State group around a key Syrian town Monday, after the capture of an airbase brought them closer to besieging the jihadists...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The Pentagon said Monday it was reviewing more than 700 video feeds of coalition air strikes on west Mosul, Iraq after reports of a large number of civilians killed in...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The Pentagon under President Donald Trump is enjoying greater freedom to run its wars the way it wants -- and not constantly seek White House approval on important...

CAIRO, EGYPT- An Egyptian court Sunday sentenced 56 people to prison terms of between seven and 10 years over the deaths at sea of at least 202 migrants in September, judicial officials said. The...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, on Sunday seized a military airport from the Islamic State jihadist group in northern Syria, a...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ- The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group said Saturday that it struck a location in west Mosul where civilians were reportedly killed by aerial bombing. "An initial review...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- The United Nations' Syria envoy sent an urgent appeal Saturday to Russia, Iran and Turkey seeking help to restore a ceasefire, warning that escalating violence was threatening...