Two people were shot dead and others injured on Monday in a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon after a dispute between rival political groups triggered bursts of gunfire, Reuters witnesses said. Abdallah Qablawi, a member of the mainstream Palestinian faction Fatah, was...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters launched a surprise attack on an army battalion near T-4 military airport in Homs province, killing at least 23 soldiers, activists and group's media wing said Monday. Aamaq, ISIS news agency, said fighters of the radical group have killed at least...

Fighting between Islamic State and the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front spread from Syria into Lebanon's northern Bekaa Valley region on Monday, a security source and the state news agency said. Eighteen Nusra Front members were killed and six were taken prisoner during the clashes,...

Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes battled Islamic State insurgents around Palmyra on Monday, trying to extend their gains after taking back control of a city whose ancient temples were dynamited by the ultra-radical militants. The loss of Palmyra on Sunday...