Some 700 French adults, one-third of them women, and about 500 children are in jihadi-held areas in Iraq and Syria, an official at the French president’s office said on Friday, raising potential legal challenges over how to handle them. The presidency official said that half of the...

At least 10 Hezbollah fighters were killed Friday in an attack by Daesh terrorists in Syria’s Homs district, according to websites linked to the group.  The pro-Hezbollah websites, which typically publish the names of Hezbollah casualties in Syria, posted photos of the 10 slain...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS new agency posted footage on social media shows dozens of slain regime troops said they have been killed in eastern Deir Ezzor province. Amaq said ISIS fighters had killed more than 48 regime forces, including top officers, near al-Shoula town west of Deir Ezzor in...

 The Syrian army and its allies have secured the Palmyra to Deir al-Zor road, a major supply route from government territory to the eastern city, defeating a strong Islamic State attack, a military media unit run by Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Friday. Islamic State’s assault,...