Russia and the United States are close to reaching an understanding on Syria's Aleppo, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Thursday. "In the past several days an intensive document exchange on the situation in Aleppo has taken place,"...

A British hostage has appeared in a new Islamic State propaganda video said to have been recorded in the Iraqi city of Mosul, which coalition forces are currently trying to retake from militants. John Cantlie, a journalist who was captured in Syria in 2012, is pictured looking thin in the...

An air strike in the jihadist-held western Iraqi town of Al-Qaim, near the Syrian border, killed and wounded dozens of civilians Wednesday, the parliament speaker said. Speaker Salim Juburi condemned in a statement the air strike "that targeted a market area for civilians and resulted in the...

Russia can help the U.S. fight Daesh, President-elect Donald Trump told Time magazine in an interview published Wednesday. Trump has been criticized for hi praise of Russia and President Vladimir Putin but he told the magazine cooperation with Moscow could benefit the U.S. in the Middle...