A top Iraqi commander said on Sunday that troops were continuing to advance toward the center of Mosul, pushing back ISIS fighters, but hindered by sniper fire and suicide bombings as well as concern over the safety of civilians. Maj. Gen. Sami al-Aridi told The Associated Press that his...

One Turkish soldier was martyred in a Daesh attack in northern Syria on Saturday.  Three soldiers were wounded, one critically, when Daesh bombed Turkish troops near the city of Al-Bab, north of Aleppo. The wounded were taken to a hospital in Turkey's border province of Gaziantep,...

Mounting civilian casualties from fighting in eastern Mosul between Iraqi forces and ISIS are overwhelming the capacity of the government and international aid groups, the United Nations said on Saturday. Nearly 200 wounded civilians and military personnel were transferred to hospital last...

President-elect Donald Trump and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney set aside their long-simmering rivalry on Saturday and had talks likely to feed speculation that Romney could be a candidate to be Trump's secretary of state. Trump and Romney emerged from their meeting after...