A political solution through U.N.-brokered negotiations is needed to resolve the conflict in Yemen, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday as he made his first trip in the role to Saudi Arabia. At the same time, officials have said the United States is considering deepening its role...

The fighting in the ISIS-held Old City of Mosul, where hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians are trapped, could turn into the worst humanitarian "catastrophe" in the war against the militants, the United Nations warned Tuesday. "If there is a siege and hundreds of thousands of people...

U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on his referendum campaign in a phone call Monday and vowed close cooperation on Syria, Iraq and the fight against Kurdish militants, Turkish presidential sources said. "I value our friendship, we have many important...

The U.S. military failed to take "necessary precautions" to prevent civilians deaths in a strike on a Syrian mosque last month that killed dozens of people, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The March 16 strike in the village of opposition-held Al-Jineh in northern Aleppo province killed 49...