U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday named Turkey as one of the countries that needed to do more in the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), including tightening control of its border with Syria. “We all must do more. Turkey must do more to control its often porous...

Russia's entry into the war in Syria has changed the balance on the ground, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview on Czech Television, and he predicted that support from his main international ally would remain strong. In the interview, conducted in Damascus on...

An airstrike on a water treatment plant in Syria last Thursday cut water supplies for 3.5 million people, and although pumping has been partly restored, 1.4 million still have reduced supply, the head of U.N. agency UNICEF in Syria said Tuesday. "In Syria, the rules of war, including...

A coalition led by the United States conducted 12 strikes against ISIS in Iraq on Monday, and hit the militant group with a single strike in Syria, said a statement released Tuesday. The sole Syria strike was near Al Hawl, hitting a tactical unit, the statement from the Combined Joint Task...